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Yeah but the money wasn't that much different for Manny, just the way it was paid.

With Thome it was a year's guarantee, that's it, the money was exactly the same.

I think with CC it maybe a combination, the Indians want to make deferred payments and only a 4 year contract and he may want the 7 or 8 someone will offer him. The Tribe is ready to throw him upwards of 20 Mil a year but they don't do long term like 7 years, and I don't blame them, but it can also mean the difference between CC making 80 mil and CC making 140-160 mil.

I think anyone that wants to pay that much for that long for a pitcher who can't win big games but can overpower weaker teams, is ludicrous. Give him 4 years maintain team options for 3 or 4 so that in that 4th-5th-6th contract year when he blows out his arm or needs some type of Tommy John surgery, you don't have him eating you payroll away.

With the Santana deal, CC I'm sure is watching closely to what Santana gets once he's moved and signs.

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