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Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan
Bob Dutton @Royals_Report
Terms on Guthrie's new contract with #Royals: three years for $25 million; $5 million in 2013; $11 million in 2014; $9 million in 2015.
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Damn I'm good:
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
And that's not even getting into Guthrie, who I really do think the Royals should bring back (3/$24 mil should do it; he's a nice pitcher).
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They had to give a little more to backload the first year, it would appear.
You'd have loved to have only had to go 2 for him, but that wasn't terribly realistic. If the Royals wanted another reliable pitcher off the FA market with any track record at all, he was going to want 3 years.