Ordonez's Contract Clause

The rumblings that the Tigers may cut Magglio is due to the contract vesting clauses, listed below, in Magglio's contract with the Tigers:

2010 option guaranteed at $18M if Ordonez has:
135 starts or 540 PAs in 2009, or
270 starts or 1,080 PAs in 2008-09

2011 option guaranteed at $15M if Ordonez has:
135 starts or 540 PAs in 2010, or
270 starts or 1,080 PAs in 2009-10

Crawford Running Wild:
The fear that Carl Crawford will not run as much as 2006-2007 is officially over. Crawford is 25 for 25 in 2009 and that matches is SB total for all of 2008. These SBs are needed as the power just isn't there from Crawford. After his 2006 season when he had 18 HRs and 58 SBs, he vaulted into the 1st round in many fantasy leagues in 2007. He only hit 11 HR in 2007, 8 HR in 2008 and he currently has 1 HR in 173 ABs this season.