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I know you are the Math guru, but last time I checked 4.5 million minus 3.5 million was 1 million (a little less actually because Kotchmans salary was 3,517,500), not "More than 4 million". Plus he was a free agent so he would not have required Bill Hall to acquire, and while I realize Hall's stats were likely inflated by Fenway, it sure would have been nice to have a guy in the clubhouse that was even CAPABLE of hitting 18 homers in part time play.
In fact if we still had Hall I would consider him to be in serious contention for the starting SS role next year, defense be darned.