Found March 11, 2009 on The Sports Point: Yardbarker Blogger Network

While you might not find TSP anywhere near the top 100,000 on Alexa, we think the chances of us commanding those types of advertising rates with Mike Hampton's agent might be a possibility. Apparently his agent, Mark Rodgers, has a deal in place with the Houston Astros pending a physical.

We understand that Hampton had a great three years with the Astros, but that was 10 years ago and he has shown nothing since. Ask Atlanta what type of return it received after inheriting his 8-year, $120 million contract in year three from Colorado.

These prices,

2003Atlanta Braves$13,625,000 2004Atlanta Braves$14,625,000 2005Atlanta Braves$15,125,000 2006Atlanta Braves$14,503,543 2007Atlanta Braves$14,500,000 2008Atlanta Braves$15,975,184
Have yielded an average of 14.2 starts, 5.8 wins, 4 losses, and 85 innings per year during his six seasons for the Braves. And it couldn't have excited Atlanta fans too much when Hampton's final month of his contract was the only healthy month during his final three seasons. At least we can finally say we are getting some offseason movement.

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