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Originally Posted by sterlingice
Wow. $9M per year for Figgins? That seems like a lot at first blush, but Z seems like one of the sharpest GMs out there so maybe I'll have to re-examine my thoughts.
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Actually, that's slightly under projections for him. The comparable deal has been Pierre, who got $10-11 M for four years. Furcal also got a similar deal. If you want to go players who aren't Dodgers and go back a few years, you have Damon's deal with the Yanks. It's pushed a little higher, of course, because the Yanks commonly over-spent to get a guy off of the market, plus Damon has more power than those others, but he also had less speed or defensive ability.
$9 M is probably about market value, taking into consideration a slight drop due to the economic downturn.