Red Sox are considering Kemp for Lester, why not offer Hamilton for Lester?

[Season Over]

Josh Hamilton has negative trade value at this point. No way in hell the Angels would get anything of value for him.

[Docwaukee]

There is no chance that anyone would take Josh in trade.  There is also no chance that Josh would agree to go from a team with the second best record to a team likely out of the playoff hunt.  

 

He's ours

[laagamer]

 

Josh Hamilton lf

5 years/$125M (2013-17)

• 5 years/$125M (2013-17)
  • signed by LA Angels as a free agent 12/13/12
  • $10M signing bonus, $2M to Hamilton’s charity ($0.4M annually)
  • 13:$15M, 14:$15M, 15:$23M, 16:$30M, 17:$30M
  • full no-trade clause
  • award bonuses: $0.5M for MVP ($75,000 for second or third in MVP vote). $0.1M for WS MVP. $75,000 each for Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, LCS MVP. $50,000 for All-Star
  • perks: hotel suite on road, luxury suite for 2013-14 home games, right to pay $0.15M/season for luxury suite for 2015-17 home games

                     

 

 

 

                       We are stuck with him so get used to it.

 

 

Wow.

 

Just ****ing wow. 

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

It's ironic that the OP has Hamilton in his avatar.

[JarsOfClay]

 

Josh Hamilton lf

5 years/$125M (2013-17)

• 5 years/$125M (2013-17)
  • signed by LA Angels as a free agent 12/13/12
  • $10M signing bonus, $2M to Hamilton’s charity ($0.4M annually)
  • 13:$15M, 14:$15M, 15:$23M, 16:$30M, 17:$30M
  • full no-trade clause
  • award bonuses: $0.5M for MVP ($75,000 for second or third in MVP vote). $0.1M for WS MVP. $75,000 each for Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, LCS MVP. $50,000 for All-Star
  • perks: hotel suite on road, luxury suite for 2013-14 home games, right to pay $0.15M/season for luxury suite for 2015-17 home games

                     

 

 

 

                       We are stuck with him so get used to it.

 

 

lol @ all those bonuses for that guy on top of the 125m like the money wasnt enough...geez.

[Redondo]

Josh HamTHISGUYSUCKSANDIHATEHIMHESTRIKESOUTTOOMUCHilton

 

That about sums it up

[yamsi12]

thank god none of those bonus things will ever be triggered, lol.

[laagamer]

thank god none of those bonus things will ever be triggered, lol.

 

Thank god they won't?

 

Think about that for more than a second and maybe you'll have an epiphany. 

[Angel Oracle]

Hitters with more power than HamilWhiffATon at this point: Johnny Mac, Willits, and Billy Hamilton.

Wonderful what $25 million AAV gets you today.

Just...wonderful.

[Inside Pitch]

 

ESPN Stats & Info â€@ESPNStatsInfo  1m

Matt Kemp has been worth -1.1 WAR this season. Only 2 NL position players have been worth less: Domonic Brown (-1.5), Jedd Gyorko (-1.3).

 

 

Were you asking which one was better or which one might have greater value to the Red Sox?   I gave you reasons why the Sox might prefer Kemp to Hamilton, I personally think the guy is done and if I were the Sox, I'd want no part of either of them.  

[Inside Pitch]

There is no chance that anyone would take Josh in trade.  There is also no chance that Josh would agree to go from a team with the second best record to a team likely out of the playoff hunt.  

 

He's ours

 

 

Pretty much.  The way his contract was structured it only had value to the Angels and their need to stay under the luxury cap in the early years of the contract.

[Carlota Gonzalez]

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[ten ocho recon scout]

Kemp is a RH, so the Green Monster would be his friend. He's also a smaller hit on the luxury tax. No clue why the Sox would want either of them to be honest.

Yeah, I dont see why boston would be interested in kemp. I think people still overhype him.

Take away his 2011 (when he was a beast), and then to be fair take away his 2010 (when he was pretty bad). Agter that you have a solid player (sans injuries), but nowhere near worthy of the praise people have for him.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Lmao at the mvp bonuses. No way that'll happen.

[Lou]

he'll be the WS MVP

[Hollyw00d]

2016-2018 are gonna be brutal with the guy

[mancini79]

I hope Hamilton reaches every bonus.

[Hollyw00d]

They're individual awards. We're paying him enough money.

won't have to worry about it tho