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yup, evaluating what teams are gonna offer what and how attractive those cities are is part of evaluating the market. as far as I know, the only team that offered anywhere close to 4 years at 55-60 was the phillies. i'd take less money not to live and play in philly, wouldn't just about anyone. most of the 4 at 60 talk came from the media, and most of that was probably put out by his agent. if he had received an attractive offer in that range (angels, etc), he'd probably be there now. also, having the balls to say 'if another team wants to overpay, they can have him' and not caving to the fans was big. i think they got him for about what he's worth and for a term that he should be productive over.
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