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Soriano is getting paid $28MM. It's just that half of it is gonna be paid out after his contract is up in $2MM installments from 2018-2025.So the Nats are paying him $7MM this year and another $7MM in '14. Hopefully his option doesn't vest or that's an additional $14MM (half of which would again be deferred, bumping the 2018-2025 payment installments to $3MM a year).
Damn, I had to look that one up, you're right. I would have sworn it was 14m. I suppose that's for the two years. Not as bad as I thought (though we did lose a first round pick).
I agree. You get a 6IP 1H performance out of Haren you accept it no questions ask. Why push it?You have Haren on your fantasy team?
Reports are that the Yankees tried to trade for Dan Haren last week. My question is what could we have gotten back for basically a 2 week rental. Peanuts?
travesty is still on top 28 -32.
Pitching lowlight: The two-run homer Haren allowed to Stanton was a bad one as it came with two outs and two strikes in the first inning. In Haren’s defense, the at-bat was extended by a questionable ball three from home plate ump Fieldin Culbreth. That gave Stanton a full count and he demolished the next pitch opposite field to score two runs. The difference between the Nats with Haren pitching this season and without is quite pronounced. In games he’s started, the Nats are 10-19, a .345 winning percentage. In games with other starting pitchers, the Nats are 73-53, a .579 winning percentage. That equates to a 93-win pace over the course of a full season.
If has fate wasn't already sealed, though his stats should have done that a long time ago, today certainly gets him a ticket out of town.
Loneliness was the worst part, Dan Haren said. At his lowest point, Haren walked off the Nationals Park mound to boos from home fans – “I don’t wish that upon anybody,” he said – and carried the worst ERA in the majors. His wife and two young children were at home in California. He agonized about what his teammates thought about his performance. When he went home, his house was empty, aside from him and his nasty thoughts.
In addition to forgetting how to pitch, Haren apparently forgot how to dial the escort service.[
I thought the exact same thing. There was absolutely no reason he had to come home to an empty house....though this might be an explanation for his pitching problems, overworking his right hand, in other ways.
With guaranteed contacts players these days have no dedication to their jobs, Nolan Ryan always used his left hand.
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