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Originally Posted by kutulu
We still haven't traded Vazquez but that will come soon enough. They are also trying to trade Glaus, probably for pitching to replace Vazquez.
Piazza - pass. If the stars align he could put up an OPS of .850 but that would still only make him average for a 1B. Worth a shot if a team has nothing better but they shouldn't pay more than about $4M for him
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Vazquez is an interesting pitcher... he has flashes of greatness then breaks down mentally in his game. IT'll be very interesting to see who gets him.... (maybe one of my Ohio teams).
As for Piazza... 4 mill is too much. I'd go 2.5 - 3 mill and load it heavily with incentives and an option year or two. Same with Frank Thomas.... If either of those guys performs decently, not only were they cheap but the fans would go nuts (well in most cities they would). If they didn't perform you didn't lose much...
I can see the Indians taking that type of gamble with Piazza. They did it with Juan Gone in '01 and it worked very well.... tried it last year with him and he failed miserably, but it didn't cost them much (in baseball economics).