Source: Hanley Ramirez to sign six-year deal
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MANintheBOX posted 5/10/2008 from florida.marlins.mlb.com [flag] |
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Hanley Ramirez and Florida Marlins close to 6 year extension
Published 5/10/2008 by Ramp at FishStripes: Front Page Posts
[Edit by craig] Ramp originally posted this as a Fan Post and I hope he doesn't mind that I am going to write all around it. The writing in the blue-grey box was his original post, the typing above and below the box is me. I wouldn't want to saddle Ramp with my opinions.
Anyway, here is the latest speculation on Hanley Ramirez:
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MLB.com: Marlins to Sign Ramirez
Published 5/10/2008 by Eli (noreply@blogger.com) at MLB Rumors
According to MLB.com, the Marlins and Hanley Ramirez have reached a tentative agreement worth seventy million dollars over the next six years. This is a great deal for the Marlins because Ramirez is an excellent player at the age of 24 and doesn't plan on slowing down for the next decade. He brings speed, power, and consistency to the Marlins lineup -- something they haven't had in awhile. Ramirez would have probably been looking at Carlos Lee money, maybe even Vernon Wells money on the market, so this deal already looks good. So far this season, he is hitting .336 with 8 HR in 35 games, but is a career .314 hitter with 54 HR in 349 games. If you are the Red Sox, you cannot ...
A Sea Change for the Marlins
Published 5/11/2008 by Ted at The Diamond Fan
While it has not been formally announced, it has been reported that the Florida Marlins have signed shortstop Hanley Ramirez to a six-year, $70 million contract. This is a major move on the part of the Marlins, who have infamously blown up two World Series championship teams right after they won the Series in 1997 and 2003. In the past, when the Marlins developed a star player such as Ramirez the question was not whether they were going to trade of the player before they had to start paying a star’s salary, but when and to whom.
The fact that they have locked up Ramirez until his age 30 season (and thus through what is likely to be the most productive phase of his ...
