Possible Interest in Scott Kazmir

[Austin]

JIM BOWDEN ‏@JimBowdenESPNxm 48s

Kazmir agrees to 2yrs $22m deal with A's #Confirmed

That's it? What a steal.

Call me crazy but $11m per year for a guy who was basically out of baseball two years ago seems nuts. I guess I have to get used to these new contracts.

[Rene88]

Salary caps will come soon too. It's getting crazy. 300M for a 31 year old Cano? 100M for Ervin Santana. Players are asking for wayyy too much

Salary caps will come soon-best news to the sport that there could ever be....

[clapdiddy]

Salary caps will come soon too. It's getting crazy. 300M for a 31 year old Cano? 100M for Ervin Santana. Players are asking for wayyy too much

I doubt we will ever see salary caps in baseball.

Secondly, just because a player asks for it doesn't mean he should get it. No one is holding a gun next to these owners' heads and making them sign them.

[Redskins Rick]

Call me crazy but $11m per year for a guy who was basically out of baseball two years ago seems nuts. I guess I have to get used to these new contracts.

Yeah, we will have to get used to seeing them on other teams, highly unlikely too see anything like that here.

[Rene88]

I doubt we will ever see salary caps in baseball.

Secondly, just because a player asks for it doesn't mean he should get it. No one is holding a gun next to these owners' heads and making them sign them.

Jay-z did sling rock....just saying...

[Guest]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>That Scott Kazmir got an $11M AAV speaks to the size of the deal Bartolo Colon is seeking. Believes he can get multiple years for bigger $.</p>— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href="

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Guess we can forget about Colon.

[Can_of_corn]

So a guy that had an ERA over 5 for the Sugerland Skeeters in the Atlantic league in 2012 is worth 11M a year now?

Yea the extra TV money is having an impact.

[clapdiddy]

So a guy that had an ERA over 5 for the Sugerland Skeeters in the Atlantic league in 2012 is worth 11M a year now?

Yea the extra TV money is having an impact.

Unless, of course, you are the Orioles!

[Redskins Rick]

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Guess we can forget about Colon.

You honestly thought that was even a possibility?

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[Can_of_corn]

Unless, of course, you are the Orioles!

Other teams (Rays for instance) won't be spending much if any of it. PA isn't the only owner that looks to the bottom line.

[Redskins Rick]

I doubt we will ever see salary caps in baseball.

Secondly, just because a player asks for it doesn't mean he should get it. No one is holding a gun next to these owners' heads and making them sign them.

Baseball is the only sport without a salary cap, and the luxury tax isn't working.

Proponents for the Salary Cap has been pushing for awhile now, and the latest salary craziness only helps their cause.

[Aristotelian]

Salary caps will come soon-best news to the sport that there could ever be....

Doesn't that just mean the owners will take more profit? I don't see salary caps translating into lower ticket prices, free cable tv, or anything else that would be good for fans.

[Can_of_corn]

baseball is the only sport without a salary cap, and the luxury tax isn't working.

Proponents for the salary cap has been pushing for awhile now, and the latest salary craziness only helps their cause.

.....epl

[DrinkinWithFermi]

Good lord. I really wanted Kazmir but not at that price. Yeesh. I had him pegged at 2/$14-$16 million. This is getting stupid.

[Redskins Rick]

Other teams (Rays for instance) won't be spending much if any of it. PA isn't the only owner that looks to the bottom line.

Tampa doesn't have the MASN sports package.

Their framchized is valued at 451, vs 618 million

http://www.forbes.com/mlb-valuations/list/