And with such market conditions, it presented a golden opportunity for the old fox, Dan Lozano, to jack up the price: the other party just listed so many statistics, essentially to convey one thing — pay more, or commit to a higher team status in the written contract.
As the current leader of the negotiation, Lozano decided to seize the opportunity and struck while the iron was hot, so he said to Cashman in front of him, "Brian, we've been old friends for many years, you've signed many players under me, and because of that, let me be candid with you — In this morning's negotiation, the Padres offered Manny a 10-year contract totaling 300 million, and promised that he'd be the face of the team's rebuild, with future reinforcements centered around him... To be honest, it's a deal hard to refuse."
