This past weekend I put together a Playstation 3 inspired post suggesting that the New York Mets should look to add payroll this offseason. Take a minute to read over that if you want the full breadth of the idea. If you’re just trying to get a little New York Mets fix before you go about your day, I’ll just give you the Cliff’s notes. In order to add to their farm system and further fortify the foundation of their future, the New York Mets should trade for a team’s albatross contract in its entirety…along with an impact prospect or two. The San Francisco Giants handed out one of the contracts most synonymous with “albatross” in 2007 when they gave Barry Zito $126 million over seven years, so naturally I wanted to start with him.
Seeing as my knowledge of the San Francisco Giants is inferior to that of the Mets, I’ll try to not to offend any Giants fans out there with any ludicrous suggestions. There are three things that I do know tho...
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