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Report: Phillies willing to pay teams $50 million to take Ryan Howard
Ryan Howard has two years and $60 million left on his $125 million contract
and Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com reports that the Phillies are willing to
cover $50 million of that money if a team trades for him.
Ryan Howard目前跟費城人還有兩年6000萬合約要走，而如果有球隊願意收下Howard的話，
費城人願意吃掉這6000萬中的5000萬。
That sounds like a lot and it is, but it also means any team trading for
Howard would still have to commit to paying $10 million for two seasons of a
35-year-old, poor defensive first baseman who slugged just .380 last season
and has a combined .720 OPS during the past three seasons.
不過這也意味著，接手的球隊必須付兩年1000萬的合約，予一位已經35歲、防守極爛、去
年長打率僅有.38、過去三年的攻擊指數僅有.72的一壘手。
Howard has essentially been a replacement-level first baseman for a long time
now, meaning teams can typically find his level of production–low batting
average, decent power, .700 OPS–in lots of first basemen available for
minor-league deals and waiver claims every year. Those guys cost $500,000 per
season, not $5 million.
這幾乎已經是替補水平的成績了，這類人通常一年只需花用50萬，而非500萬。
意思是：雖然費城目前心態已經趨近了「只要把他帶走，怎樣都好」，但恐怕仍不會有太
多球隊願意買帳。