I kind of feel like an idiot saying Manny was definitely going to sign the Dodgers offer now that he rejected it. But as Rob Neyer helped point out in his Friday Filberts, it seems as though a lot of the Dodgers offer was deferred money. So the Dodgers offered $25m with $10m paid in 2011 and 2012 and $5m in 2013. Boras and Manny simply asked for the $25m upfront. So, it still seems inevitable that they will come to some agreement. I can't see anyone topping the Dodgers offer. I can only see them being fed up with Manny and other teams sneaking in with lower proposals than what the Dodgers offered as we inch closer to opening day.
You think the Phillies would rather have Raul Ibanez for $30m 3 years or Manny $25m one year?
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