Josh Hamilton

[atomic]

He had

43 Home Runs in 2012

21 Home Runs in 2013

10 Home Runs last season

so I guess we could expect the home run totals the next 3 seasons to look like this

4

2

1

Yeah he is going to be an Angel for a while.

[atomic]

If fairness to Josh which one of us hasn't been in a photo like that?

[DrungoHazewood]

Absolutely YES.. He's a beast.

I'm sure he could rampage through the Orioles recent success, and their carefully managed payroll, like a metaphorical Godzilla.

[weams]

If fairness to Josh which one of us hasn't been in a photo like that?

I agree. He is still the life of the party!

[BohKnowsBmore]

He's owed 3/75 so they'd have to eat 35-45 million. He's been a 700 OPS guy the last few seasons. If it happened he'd be my DH to protect his health. And the asking price in players would have to be modest. I don't see it happening although he'd be an adequate replacement for Cruz if he rebounds.

It's not 3/75. I believe the remaining numbers are 2015: $26m, 2016&2017: $32m. It was substantially backloaded.

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[Dipper9]

Must be nice!

Then he goes home to an absolutely gorgeous wife!

[Palmoripken]

Must be nice!

Then he goes home to an absolutely gorgeous wife!

The good life.

[Can_of_corn]

What's the last team that ate a sizable chunk of a bad contract when trading that player? I feel like that is more myth than we think it is.

Dodgers. Unless you don't think 32 million is a sizable chunk.

[Can_of_corn]

Is that what they ate on Kemp? Yeah that's sizable. I still feel like it's fairly rare. Or comes with strings attached (i.e.: grandma hips). I think it's not a great idea to depend on these kind of bad contracts to be the core of your team.

In the case of the O's, I can't remember the last time we inherited a bad contract that the other team paid for.

Cubs ate 10 million when they traded Sosa to the O's in 2005.

A source told ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick the Cubs will be responsible for about $10 million of Sosa's $17 million contract in 2005. The Associated Press reported sources said Sosa would agree to void his salary in 2006.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1978241

Rangers ate 3 million in 2009 when they traded the O's Millwood.

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/news/story?id=4728975

[atomic]

The Cub payed a significant amount of Soriano's contract for the Yankees.