Of course he's going to say that. Most likely the conversation went like this:
"Hey, Justin Uptons agent, we are looking for a LF!"
"What's your offer?" "We can offer 1 year 3 million!"
Hang up
I vote we start stockpiling draft picks and build from the ground up. It sucks but I think this would be the best option right now. I feel bad that trout is part of this mess.
I wish we could all go back to the way we evaluated players when I was growing up in the 80s.
For hitters its Avg, HR, RBI (and SB for Henderson)
For pitchers its ERA, W-L, K
RBI baseball stats for NES is where it's at!
I almost wish Albert would have some sort of mind awakening and realizes he wants to retire early and let us off the hook. He's got more money than he'll ever need.
I will cry if we sign Davis. He is the #1 person that I see having a significant drop off very soon. It's way too similar to the Pujols and Hamilton crap. I get the same feeling from Cespedes too.
I was listening to the radio this morning, AM 570 (yes I know it's dodger radio) but they said very clearly a number of times, Arte Moreno has said explicitly numerous times that he will not go over the luxury tax. He absolutely will not. How do these guys have jobs?