Free Agency/Franchise Tag thread 2011

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Loyal readers of TheWarpath may remember when I said this a few years ago

http://www.thewarpath.net/282232-post20.html



And it turned out he signed a deal with Buffalo that got included an $18 million signing bonus.

So...same source is telling me Los is asking for a $24 million signing bonus...and he's got the same agent as Dockery.

Now, could this source be wrong? Of course, but his track record tells me it's not quite so likely

What do you all think. $24 million? Worth it?

If the whole contract was 6 years $24 million then sure give him the $24 million bonus

Still based on the percentage of the signing bonus compared to the full contract value that Dockery received we'd be looking at a $65 million contract for Los. Might as well go after Nnadmi if you're willing to spend that type of money on a guy that can't catch.

Math: Dockery Contract - $18 million Bonus/$49 million contract. $18/$49 = .367. Signing bonus is 36.7% of total contract

Rogers asking price = $24 million signing bonus. 24/.367 = $65 million.