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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Without question.
If Glass authorizes the expenditure, everything else the Royals has done this offseason is fine.
However, if Glass draws the line at, say, 4 years and $50 million only to watch Sanchez get his $60 million elsewhere, you sure do wish you had the $12 million you're dropping on Santana back, don't you?
I still don't think that was as wise a decision as many of you do, but time will tell.
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It will take more than 4/60 to sign him (at least five years, and if you're KC, probably at least $17 million a year). And it depends on how much you're willing to apply hindsight.
When the Royals traded for Santana, all anyone was talking about was how crazy and how high the money demands would go. I mean, Sanchez's agent initially was talking 8 years, $120 million (which might make sense for Zack Greinke but makes none for a less proven, less good guy like AS). The market has come back down a bit since then.
If they're really willing to go to $82 million (What it would take to get him at your projection) or more (what it would take for mine), Santana's $12 million was getting slotted to pitching one way or another. Plus, with how creatively they have loaded some contracts, Sanchez's extra money could be arranged to be on the payroll in years beyond this one (the extra $10 million you're talking about).
I've been saying since midseason that this was my dream:
Anibal Sanchez
Decent, No. 3 type FA starter
Flyer type on one-year deal
I had closed the book on that, but it is starting to look like it is not completely shut. Would be pretty crazy if it ended up happening. And they'd be in the thick of the AL Central, IMO.