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3063 by J.R.
Indians sign Swisher.


Swisher agreed to terms on a four-year, $56 million contract with the Indians late Saturday night, the Daily News has learned. The deal includes an easily-attainable $14 million vesting option for a fifth year based on plate appearances that could bring the total value of the contract to $70 million through the 2017 season.

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3064 by joez
Let's hope he doesn't turn into a Travis Hafner as far as injury or missing a lot of time is concerned. I guess those large contracts through the mid-30's of a players career comes with its risks. Anyway, congradulations to Nick Swisher and the Cleveland Indians. All of a sudden, we become a respectable ball club and we still have Perez and Cabrera.
“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.”
-- Bob Feller

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3065 by loufla
No use crying over spilled milk but we sure could have used a big signing last year.

I hope Swisher comes through, he does not have Choo's arm but a bit more power and being a switch hitter helps us there.

I am having dinner tonight with TFISC and will find out what he really thinks of this.

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3067 by kenm
Obviously the brain trust realized that their idiotic strategy of building through the minor leagues and hoping that there was one perfect year before their players got paid and then dumping them was not a strategy that would produce winning nor put fannies in the seats. They have gone more to the Oakland A strategy and the more appropriated strategy I must say of saying every year is a new year and trying to develop a winner every year and tehn deal with the consequences later. Long term rebuilds in the AL central is for the birds. You have to do what you do to win now. Your payroll might go up some but with the additional revenue they now have it should be so hard to support a 20 % increase in spending.

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3071 by Uncle Dennis
And another thing.......

Reynolds, Stubbs, and Swisher averaged around 23 home runs last year each. The players they are replacing averaged around 12 home runs each. Significant improvement in firepower. This firepower could enhance ACab, if he is still here, Santana, if he ever figures it out, Kipnis, who will not have to feel like he is carrying the team, and Chisenhall who will have some veteran protection in the lineup.

This promises to be a significantly more potent offense than we have experienced in the past decade. The pitchers might just feel like they do not need to throw a no hitter each time out, knowing that their team will score some runs.

The more I think about it, the more l like it.
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