Quote Originally Posted by Slippyjms View Post
See when you say it like that it makes a lot of sense. Problem is to get Cole we’d have to give up a draft pick and commit that $25 mil a year to him for 5-7 years. That’s what makes the proposition much less appealing.
Yes, why would we want a guaranteed ace when we could let AA blow another draft pick on a sure bust? You can probably give him a little more per year if he agrees to make the last few years of any deal, option years.