No Tears Shed for Jose Guillen

Steve Kelley wrote a real tear jerker for the Seattle Times today about how badly Jose Guillen wanted to stay in Seattle. Apparently he didn't want to stay bad enough to sign when the two sides negotiated back in August. At the time word was that Guillen wanted a longer term contract than the M's were willing to give. Guillen was having a good year and wanted to cash in accordingly with a long term contract. I liked Guillen last season, but no way should he be getting $12 million a year. Guillen played 150+ games for just the second time in his career last season and has never hit 30 home runs or hit .300. Oh, and by the way Guillen is facing a 15-game suspension for violation of MLB's drug policy and was one of the players named in the Mitchell Report. The fact the Guillen ended up in Kansas City shows that there probably wasn't much of a market for him. Guillen expected the M's to pay him $12 million a year until he turns 35 just because KC would? Come on. Guillen had his chance to stay in Seattle if he wanted to as bad as he claims. Let's remember, there was a time when Alex Rodriguez said he wanted to stay in Seattle too. Guillen may have "left his heart in Seattle", but he followed the cash to Kansas City.