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Originally Posted by kutulu
I don't understand the love that Millwood gets. Sure, he was great in 2005, but seems to go in patterns of suck for two years, good for one year. Add in that Boras is his agent and it just doesn't look good for the team that gets him.
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Millwood, I think has a great upside. He'll never be a #1 pitcher but he'll be an extremely strong and fearsome #2.
I think the problem with Millwood is Philly just pinned him to be the next best thing since Carlton. And when the hype didn't come true and the pressure was on Millwood had a hard time handling it.
I think if he goes to a team and they sign him for big big bucks and expect him to be this great ace, then, yes, he'll falter. But if he signs like he did in Cleveland with a team needing some veteran leadership in pitching, don't pressure him to be this great savior pitcher, he'll be their #2 and will show this year wasn't a fluke.
That's why I believe Cleveland (he's been here, he's comfortable and he's not the "ace", he's "the craft veteran"), the Cubs, Florida, maybe the Mets and Angels could use him. I see him being a bust in places like the Yankees, the Bosox, the Dodgers, even Baltimore. He may get bigger bucks there but he'd be pushed to be the "ace" and one bad season and he'd be a goat to fans and that would end him.
As for Boras, I like what Millwood said at the end of the season, that he's the boss and knows what he wants, if he gets it then he's taking it and it doesn't matter what Boras wants. Boras works for him, he doesn't work for Boras.
Talk is cheap but you don't hear many players talking that way.
What does Millwood want? According to the Plain Dealer, he's been quotes as saying a 4-5 year contract at about 9 million a year. If that is true, Cleveland should be able to resign him easily, but 9 million for Millwood, is high, I'd make it incentive laden.
Burnett will probably get around that and Burnett is a younger and better pitcher.