Manny Offered Highest Single Season Salary Ever?
The NEW YORK POST buries the lead with this gem today on the Manny Ramirez sweepstakes:
(Look, Manny, over there! … Psyche!)
The Dodgers have offered Ramirez a two-year deal worth $60 million to remain in Los Angeles, but he is expected to file for free agency and look for a four-year deal in the $80 million range.
How do you not lead a story with the fact that the guy could be getting the highest single-season salary in baseball history? Probably because it isn’t going to happen. At least not with the Dodgers.
The club, per John Ireland at KSPN-AM in Los Angeles, has not made any offer to Ramirez yet. Nor has team GM Ned Colletti even spoken to Ramirez agent Scott Boras yet. Though Dodger Owner Frank McCourt is likely to take the lead in the negotiations when they heat up.
The funny thing about the reportage though is I do believe the Post may well have gotten the news of the offer from the Dodgers.
