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Thursday’s Hot Stahoviak

Posted on | March 18, 2010 | No Comments

Every Thursday, 7IS Contributor Ryan Henning will take a look at a rumor burning up the hot stove. You may not think it’s important, but it must be important to someone.

According to scintillating reports out of San Diego, Adrian Gonzalez is willing to take deferred payments with his new contract. If baseball contracts are anything like the lottery, that means that he will end up getting more money, rather than the payer paying more money. At 200 million dollars, I would say he is hitting the lottery. Perhaps he can spend some of that cash on goatee maintenance.

This is the time of year where teams start figuring out what they need in order to be competitive for the season. The Twins might want a closer. The Mariners might need a power hitter. The Orioles may need a different division. Trust me, things will start picking up next week. For now though, we need can try to read between the lines on what Gonzalez’s willingness to defer money might REALLY mean.

- Gonzalez might actually end up staying in San Diego. Pfffft. Just kidding! I’m just kidding.

- If he DOES end up staying in San Diego, he’ll probably sign before Joe Mauer.

- Gonzalez was probably feeling left out of any massive ludicrous trade rumors involving national league first basemen this week.

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