Manny Ramirez has decided to exercise his 2010 player option for $20 million. Given that Ramirez batted .290 hit 19 home runs and 63 RBIs in a shortened season will not give him the leverage to command a better deal. Last year it took Ramirez 4 months to decide what he would do, but it took it almost no time to decide this year. It’ll be interesting to see what he can fetch starting in 2011. Ramirez will be 38 for the start of the 2011 season, so he can expect to see a 3-4 year contract offer depending on his output next. Barry Bonds was able to fetch high dollar value $18-22 million in the last years of his career, but that was because he could put people in the seats to watch him chase Mays, Ruth and Aaron. Although Ramirez will be in the 600 homerun club, don’t expect him to draw sold out stadiums in 2011 or beyond.
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