Former Silk winner Wilson Andrade is no longer a Jimmie.
After tense negotiations before being granted free agency, Andrade signed a 6 year $135M contract.
"We wanted to keep Wilson," said GM Brandon Slouck via conference call. "He wasn't budging on him demands and signed for around $40M less than he was even willing to talk to us about. So honestly, he didn't want to come back."
Wilson Andrade was not available for comment after the statement by the GM.
Rumors are that the relationship between Andrade and the organization haven't been good since he retired in October of 2038. After spending the #1 overall pick on him earlier that year and signing him to a $4.8M bonus, the teenager at the time was home sick and headed back to the DR. With the owner wanting most of the bonus back, a battle took place over two weeks between the owners legal team and Andrade's agent at the time. When it was determined that he has to give back $4.5M of the bonus if he wished to stay retired, Andrade reported back to Minor League Camp. Andrade did fire his agent.
Since then, the team has tried to trade him at times, to no avail. The didn't perceive the offers to be good enough. Between the retirement, numerous times on the block, and lack of winning, it became clear in negotiations that the only way Andrade would stay is if they paid him way over his market value. So they didn't.
Now in Portland, Andrade looks to help the franchise make it to their first playoff appearance. As for the Jimmies, they are now left with a pretty big whole to fill in the middle of the diamond for the first time in years.
Warehouse Wire 2047.02: Andrade Walks
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I got something to fill your hole or whole, either one
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I now have two guys named Wilson on my team. Going to make for some confusing articles.
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