Dem Bums – A Dodgers Blog

After two years in Dodger blue, J.D. Drew has decided to opt out of his contract and he’ll become a free agent.  I have mixed feelings.  On the one hand, Drew is still only 31 and could have some very solid seasons coming up.  On the other hand, we’ve hardly gotten our money’s worth out of him the past two seasons.  2005 he missed half of the season after a fluke injury and then in 2006 he was good, maybe very good, but not great.  Yeah he drove in 100 runs but I was expecting a little more from him then 20 homeruns.  Heck, he had 15 in 2005 after only 72 games.

Had he stayed, he would have made $33 million over the next three years.  Aramis Ramirez made a similar deal and left a lot of money on the table.  I’m not sure if these guys think the environment will be better with the new CBA in place or what but that’s a lot of guaranteed money to just walk away from.