weeds
Fiber deprived old guy.
Idea to lower Finley's cap # right now while still keeping the peace.
Offer him a 3 year, $22M extension right now with $9M guaranteed signing bonus and a $1M base this year, with a $4M base in 2014 and $8M base in 2015. That lowers his cap number to $4M this year, $7M next year and $11M the year after that. Of course, he could be cut after next season for a $6M cap hit, or $3M after June 1st or in 2015.
And if he produces, you've got him reasonably priced this year and next, and he still cashes in.
Love the notion ... but I think his agent would probably be looking at that $11 million number and know full well that he'd never see that paycheck....much the same way that Jennings won't see the end of his contract in Minne.
For the record, I'm a huge fan of the Finley thread that refers to him as "Jerdroppel Paddlehands". The subject line itself is golden. It conjured images of a more simple time and place when I first heard of Bill Schroeder being referred to as having "alligator arms".