The Natural

Can I remind everyone again that during the entire baseball years of 2003 – 2006, 4 seasons, Roy Hobbs Hamilton played exactly 15 games in ‘A’ ball. He hit the bigs in 2007 with a handful of ‘AA’ at bats during 2002, 26 years old with a body wracked by years of abuse and never having seen pro pitching of anywhere near the caliber he was about to face. As he currently stands after about 2.7 years of major league at bats, he’s a .307 career hitter and averages 38 doubles and 31 homers per 600 at-bats. From what I’m reading, he is realizing he could be the best player in baseball, and wants it. The Rangers control him via arbitration for 2 more years until he’s 31. He makes $3.2mm this year. If you’re Daniels (assuming new ownership in place), do you offer a 4-5 year deal now or wait to see another ‘clean’/healthy year first?

S