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Originally Posted by Chiefspants
It was definitely a hometown discount. National writers said he easily could have gotten 4/48-52 from somewhere else. Gordo said he wanted to thank the org for sticking with him when many others would have thrown in the towel.
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Oh please. He wasn't even a FA bro, so how would he have gotten these "offers" from other teams? The Royals bought 2 arb years in exchange for 2 extra years. Alex didn't have any other options. All he could do was decline it and play out 2012 + 2013.