Comments on: Can the Padres Afford Hernandez? http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2005/03/can-the-padres-afford-hernandez.html Blogging the San Diego Padres baseball club. Established 1997. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:56:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Geoff Young http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2005/03/can-the-padres-afford-hernandez.html#comment-759 Geoff Young Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:13:20 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2005/03/can-the-padres-afford-hernandez.html#comment-759 Brian: My guess is the Ramon is asking for a fourth year and the Padres are offering three. Actually I could see them offering 3 years/$22M, which would put the two sides $12M apart if my original hypothesis is correct. Rich: All good points. I think Hernandez' value to the pitching staff is huge. One thing I don't want to see is the Padres rush Kottaras like they did Ben Davis a few years ago. Most catching prospects take a long time to develop, and I'd like Kottaras to stay for good when he arrives. <p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-759">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Brian: My guess is the Ramon is asking for a fourth year and the Padres are offering three. Actually I could see them offering 3 years/$22M, which would put the two sides $12M apart if my original hypothesis is correct.

Rich: All good points. I think Hernandez’ value to the pitching staff is huge. One thing I don’t want to see is the Padres rush Kottaras like they did Ben Davis a few years ago. Most catching prospects take a long time to develop, and I’d like Kottaras to stay for good when he arrives.

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]]> By: Rich Campbell http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2005/03/can-the-padres-afford-hernandez.html#comment-758 Rich Campbell Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:42:21 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2005/03/can-the-padres-afford-hernandez.html#comment-758 I still think that the Pads wiil make every effort to re-sign Ramon. But they may wait until late in the season or October and take three things into consideration...1) the market price, of course. 2) The performance of the pitching staff. I literally feel this will be more important than the offensive numbers in their decision. 3) the growth of Michael Hernandez and George Kottaras.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-758">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I still think that the Pads wiil make every effort to re-sign Ramon. But they may wait until late in the season or October and take three things into consideration…1) the market price, of course. 2) The performance of the pitching staff. I literally feel this will be more important than the offensive numbers in their decision. 3) the growth of Michael Hernandez and George Kottaras.

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]]> By: Brian G. http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2005/03/can-the-padres-afford-hernandez.html#comment-757 Brian G. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:29:21 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2005/03/can-the-padres-afford-hernandez.html#comment-757 Thank you for looking into it, Geoff. Apparently, this topic is on other peoples' minds as well. See this blurb from the U-T: "One of the team's veteran hitters said he believes that the Padres will make drastic changes to the player roster if the club doesn't have a strong season. As it is, the Padres seem prepared to start the season without extensions for right fielder Brian Giles and closer Trevor Hoffman, who are eligible for free agency in November; and the club and catcher Ramon Hernandez were $12 million apart in talks designed to keep Hernandez from reaching free agency after the season." Does the $12MM number alter your guess? Even if we start with $25MM, adding $12MM either makes him WAY over $10MM/year or extends his contract beyond three years. Farewell, Ramon.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-757">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Thank you for looking into it, Geoff. Apparently, this topic is on other peoples’ minds as well. See this blurb from the U-T: “One of the team’s veteran hitters said he believes that the Padres will make drastic changes to the player roster if the club doesn’t have a strong season. As it is, the Padres seem prepared to start the season without extensions for right fielder Brian Giles and closer Trevor Hoffman, who are eligible for free agency in November; and the club and catcher Ramon Hernandez were $12 million apart in talks designed to keep Hernandez from reaching free agency after the season.”

Does the $12MM number alter your guess? Even if we start with $25MM, adding $12MM either makes him WAY over $10MM/year or extends his contract beyond three years.

Farewell, Ramon.

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