For a while yesterday, it sounded like Mark Grudzielanek was going to become a Tiger. They need a second baseman since Placido Polanco separated his left shoulder this week, and Grudzielanek seems like the perfect rent-a-player. But then the Royals stepped up and signed him for next season, and gave him an option for the 2008 season.The Associated Press says Grudzielanek will make $4 million next season and $4-4.5 million for 2008 if he exercises his option. He can also earn performance bonuses.
“The actuality is, if they didn’t see me as part of the team in the next few years, [the trade] probably would have happened,” said Grudzielanek in an article appearing on the Royals website. “With both sides liking each other and being happy in the situation and believing in what we have here...I believe this team can put together a very solid year and be a playoff-contending team very soon.”
It’s one thing to hear guys in their early and mid-twenties saying we could be a playoff-contender soon, but to hear a 36 year-old guy who probably won’t be around past 2008 say it is quite another.
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