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February 23, 2007
As spring training opens and speculation about Minnesota's Gold Glove outfielder's contract begins for the second year in a row. What does he have to say about it? He says that he will refuse to let it distract the team from the ultimate goal and says that there are players in the organization whose situations definitely deserve priority, such as Cy Young winner Johan Santana and closer Joe Nathan who have been the glue of the pitching staff throughout the past few seasons. "You can't let those guys go year-to-year. You have to give the fans hope that you're going to keep the superstars around forever. You've got to let the fans know that at least for four or five more years, they can have somebody to cheer for," he said when asked to comment. Not to mention, this is all during the "optional" training camp period that most superstar players who are unhappy with their current contracts seem to be skipping these days.
Posted by glazeben at February 23, 2007 08:19 AM