Wow
If the reports from Toronto are correct, B.J. Ryan has become the first major free agent to sign a contract and has received the largest contract in Major League history for a relief pitcher.
Wow. That is all I can say. Ryan is a great pitcher, but there is no way that he or any other relief pitcher is worth the average $9.5 million per year he is going to get from the Blue Jays. The Orioles often get criticized for not offering respectable contracts to their free agents, but I thought the team was overly generous with the 3 year, $18 million offer on the table for Ryan.
Looks like the Blue Jays have single-handedly changed the face of the '05-'06 Free Agent market. It will be interesting to see what the Blue Jays do the rest of the winter, and to see how Ryan's deal impacts Billy Wagner and other free agents.
Wow. That is all I can say. Ryan is a great pitcher, but there is no way that he or any other relief pitcher is worth the average $9.5 million per year he is going to get from the Blue Jays. The Orioles often get criticized for not offering respectable contracts to their free agents, but I thought the team was overly generous with the 3 year, $18 million offer on the table for Ryan.
Looks like the Blue Jays have single-handedly changed the face of the '05-'06 Free Agent market. It will be interesting to see what the Blue Jays do the rest of the winter, and to see how Ryan's deal impacts Billy Wagner and other free agents.
posted by Brian Griffiths at 12:34 AM
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