Cole Hamels跟費城人簽下15M/Y 這是最後一年仲裁 2012球季結束會成為FA
經紀人的談話看起來會讓他成為自由球員拿到一張可觀的長約
以他的年紀跟成績 平均接近20M/Y的長約應該可以預期的吧
經紀人是沒講到底他的客戶值得拿到多少的合約 不過也不會考慮類似織織的5Y/85M
費城GM Ruben Amaro Jr.只說會繼續跟經紀人協商試著簽下一份長約綁住他
會不會出現一隊輪值中有三個平均20M的投手呢?
Cole Hamels今年28歲 生涯ERA+ 126 又是左投 大家覺得他可能拿到多大的合約呢~
Agent expects 'elite' contract for Hamels
One contract watch is over for Cole Hamels and another is just beginning.
Hamels and the Phillies avoided an arbitration hearing when they agreed to a
one-year, $15 million contract on Tuesday
The Phillies already had control of Hamels’ rights for 2012. The only
mystery was how much of a raise would he get from the $9.5 million he made in
2011. Now that the numbers are official, things are about to get really
interesting for Hamels and the Phils.
The 28-year-old lefty will be eligible for free agency at the end of the 2012
season and the big question is: Will he become the Phils’ next
$20-million-per-year talent, joining Ryan Howard, Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay
in that stratosphere?
Agent John Boggs would not put a number on his client’s value on Tuesday
night, but he sure made it sound as if that’s what it’s going to take for
the Phillies to retain Hamels beyond 2012.
“At the appropriate time, Cole is looking to be compensated as one of the
premier left-handed pitchers in baseball,” Boggs said in a telephone
interview from his San Diego office. “Without putting a number on it, we’ll
leave it at the fact that he’s an elite pitcher. Look and see what elite
pitchers are compensated with. Hopefully at the end of the day we’ll be able
to get something done with the Phillies that will reflect that.”
A quick look at some of the top lefties in baseball shows a number of
contracts with average annual values of at least $20 million. One of them
belongs to Lee, whose AAV is $24 million.
While Boggs did not want to put a specific number on Hamels’ value, he made
it clear that he does not consider Jered Weaver’s five-year, $85 million
contract with the Los Angeles Angels to be a valid comparable for his client.
Weaver, who is a year older than Hamels and has similar career numbers,
signed the deal in August. It carries an AAV of $17 million.
“I don’t think it’s a parallel,” Boggs said of Weaver’s deal. “That
contract is great for Jered. I understand it. But he took a different path
and left a lot of money on the table. He came up through the Angels system
and grew up in their backyard. He’s pitching where he grew up. That
situation appeals to him. It’s a similar situation to when I had Tony Gwynn.
“Without getting into specifics of what we’re looking for, the Weaver
situation is unique to Weaver.”
So the Phils would appear to have their work cut out for them in their quest
to retain Hamels longterm. General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. does not talk
about the specifics of contract negotiations, but he did say he will continue
to speak with Boggs and try to get a longterm deal done. Boggs said he was
planning to visit with Amaro during spring training in Clearwater. The Phils
have exclusive negotiating rights with Hamels until five days after the 2012
World Series, and Boggs said he hadn’t considered setting any deadlines.
If Hamels stays healthy in 2012 and continues to improve – he had a
career-best 2.79 ERA and finished fifth in NL Cy Young voting in 2011 – he
will have plenty of suitors on the free-agent market. But his preference at
this time is to get something done with the team that drafted him in 2002.
“When you’re this close [to free-agency] you have mixed emotions,” Boggs
said. “But Cole has come through the Phillies organization, and if you asked
him his preference, more than likely he’d want to remain with the Phillies.
That’s how it would be going into the negotiations, but every negotiation is
different. Everything depends on our perceived value of what Cole is worth
and what their perceived value of him is. That will dictate if a long-term
deal gets done. We’ll always give the Phillies every opportunity to secure
him.”
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