Sosa wants 7 mil per year

[brewers255]

Are you kidding me? This is getting ridiculous, contract wise. First Suppan gets 11 mil, Meche 10 mil, now Sosa wants 7 mil, and A-Rod wants 350 mil for 10 years which is like 35 mil. Is it just me or is this getting kind of sad? Major league players are getting way overpaid.

 

Story to Sosa asking price is

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3092451&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines

[bigredrobbo]

I want $7m a year too. Funny thing is, I have only a small chance less than Sosa of getting it!

[Invader3K]

Will anyone seriously pay him that at this point? I'm kind of doubting it. He hit only .252/.311/.468 this past season, though he did have 21 homers.

[davego]

I'll take $3-million and my team-mates will like me better. I'll also answer all questions posed by Congress.

[dadofandrew]

He's Mench with warts. $7M is high, but he has a place, if he'll play for less.

[TheBrewer]

That really is a joke. A stupid GM may be willing to do that, maybe more because of his past history and what he's done in the past. He did decent this year, that is for a guy that didnt play in 06'. But still.. I think it's a little steep. He finished 04' I believe with the Cubs around the .250 mark but with 35HRs. In 06' he slid down and hit .220 with 14HR and off in 06 this year in 07' he hits .252 / 20HR.

 

If he got the AB say 600AB he MIGHT get up to 25-30HR, but thats if he can sustain his BA, defense on the field, and regular aging on his body. A more realistic line may be .240 / 14-18HR.. His number of AB's during these years has been from 380-478 so...

 

But at the same time I know i'm contradicting myself, but if a team pays Sosa 7 Million, there going to stick him out there for 600AB and let him play, and because of that his numbers may rise, just because he's getting more AB's.

[mothershipconnection]

I can't see him getting more than 3 mil. My prediction would be SD, SF, CHW, or FL.