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In response to
"I know...but at some point, a 31 year old askign to be taken care of until he's 37 isn't horrible"
by
Will Hunting
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Giving 72million to a 26/27 year old position player for 6 years is *a lot* different than giving 20m/6years to a pitcher passed 30.
Posted by
Mel Profit (aka mel profit)
Aug 22 '14, 14:07
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The offers are wildly different. Pitcher longevity is better but no one wants to be paying that money to any pitcher over 33-34. You can likely trade and eat some of Castillo's contact if you absolutely have to but good luck unloading Lester with that salary.
Ben learned from watching the Crawford/Gonzalez/someone else I can't remember debacle. It's a miracle that the Dodgers bailed us out. Those were team killing contacts.
This may be a bit of a PR move as well. I like Castillo but by all accounts he's just a "really nice piece to have" as opposed to a team changer. But it makes the fanbase happy.
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