per Reeves, Ft. Worth Star Telegram - Gambler wants 2 years $25 million
If that's the case, then enjoy your stay elsewhere...for the first time we hold the cards, you have no no trade clause, no 5/10 revolking rights and we can offer arbitration and grab 2 picks when you sign elsewhere next year.
Rogers left Texas in 95/96 to go to the Yanks because he wanted to win a World Series (Geez, I remember everyone, myself included, laughed when he made that comment - we thought he just made his odds worse by going to the Yanks), he left in 01 because he thought the Rangers' offer was a joke and his agent made the laughable quote that the Rangers 2 years $10 million offer was "malpractice".
Oooooh can't wait to hear what his diva act will be this year, Hart played hardball with Rogers/Boras in 01 and didn't like Fuson's dealings with him in 03. No doubt this one will end with both sides not inviting the other for Thanksgiving dinner.