5 years, 90 million for Torii Hunter. A couple of things stand out here:
1) Hunter is now making more than teammate Vladimir Guerrero.
2) $18 million per annum for a career .271 hitter, with one 30 HR season, and 2 100 RBI seasons? Once again, it must be some market out there.
3) I'm curious how the departure of Hunter will affect the Santana situation. Although it was seemingly a foregone conclusion that Hunter would not re-sign, this has two potential impacts on the Santana sweepstakes. 1) It could free up some money to increase the currently rumored 5 yr, $93 million offer, 2) The loss of Hunter could further prove to Santana that this will never truly be a contending team, and he can't win in Minnesota. Personally, I think there's little chance Johan stays in Minnesota, and I think he'll be dealt before Spring Training.
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