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Old 07-27-2014, 07:17 PM   #7782
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Originally Posted by DeezNutz View Post
Jose Guillen was 32 when Moore inked him to a 3-year deal worth $12M per, so I would see 5 at $11Mish per as a hell of a lot less risky for Kemp. Plus, Kemp's upside is tremendously higher than Guillen's ever could have been.

Kemp's highest season WAR: 8.2
Guillen's greatest season WAR: 4.7

Every contract is risky, no doubt, but I don't see this as substantially worrisome at all.
Yeah, but there are some key differences:

1) 3 years vs. 5 years. Risk is smaller due to the number of years.

2) Kemp has been hurt in 2012, 2013 and 2014. The injury in 2012 was a pretty significant hamstring tear that he doesn't seem to have ever come all the way back from.

I'm not opposed to trading for Kemp (in fact, I'm strongly interested in it). Just needs to be the right deal that balances things out for KC.
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