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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Because he qualifies for arbitration before next season. He currently makes $4.35 million dollars. Estimates are that it will jump to $10 million/season in arbitration, and that's about 1/6 of the Rays' payroll.
His second arb year, it likely goes to $13/14 million.
And his third year, he's likely at $16 million.
A lot of baseball people are questioning whether they can carry that salary while improving enough in other areas to get back to the World Series.
They need cheap, controllable offense (at SS or 1B, preferably) to get back there. They have quite a bit of cheap pitching and can save a lot of money on Price without a precipitous drop-off in his replacement.
Price will be floated on the trade market. That thought is pretty accepted in baseball circles right now.
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Gregory @ChiefsOrioles12
@DKnobler Do you think they would trade Price?
DKnobler @DKnobler
@ChiefsOrioles12 Doubtful, depends on what they were offered.
DKnobler @DKnobler
@ChiefsOrioles12 Easy to say they wouldn't, but what if Angels offered them Trout (obviously not going to happen, but what if?)