Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The Marlins cannot afford to resign Kiko Calero. We need a salary cap now!


Barry Jackson's most recent column in the Miami Herald contains the following sentence:

"Among their top free agents, the Marlins are trying to re-sign Ross Gload but haven't made an offer to Nick Johnson and don't believe they can afford Kiko Calero."

A quick check confirms that Calero made $600,000 last year.

THE DUDE* MADE $600,000 LAST YEAR AND THE MARLINS DON"T THINK THEY CAN AFFORD HIM?!

Calero did have a nice year last year with a 1.95 ERA but he is 34 years old and has never made more than $1.6 million a year and this was years ago in his "prime".

He will just have to find a another team to pay him $700,000 or maybe even an even $1 million next year.

Forget a salary cap. When do we get a salary floor?

*He is so much of an afterthought that I cannot find a major league card for him so this prospect card will have to do.

2 comments:

Mark Aubrey said...

I'd like a relic card made from that Salary Cap.

Contrary Guy said...

I do need to work on my puns as I have never been good with those.

Mark, you will be the teacher.