Carlos Lee Refuses Trade to Dodgers, Traded to the Marlins

[EmpireWF]

Reported on MLBNetwork.

Deal was in place, too.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Carlos Lee has been refusing trades for a couple of years now. He owns a big ranch outside of Houston, and has no desire to leave. When they take a break from spring practice & recruiting and bother to talk about baseball down here, it's a major point on contention among the fans.

[Mogriffjr]

Lee doesn't want to win, he's comfortable making his money and going home...

[Warner2BruceTD]

Yeah, and he routinely gets booed out of the building in Minute Maid. The fans do not like him.

[Slateman]

Yeah, and he routinely gets booed out of the building in Minute Maid. The fans do not like him.

I cheered for him. *shrugs*

[Guest]

He's getting paid, and someone mentioned he owns a big home outside of the city, so why leave? Sometimes, winning isn't everything, but if I'm in Lee's shoes, it certainly would be since I am already getting paid.

[Warner2BruceTD]

The thing with Lee, if they've been trying to trade him for like 3 years. I can understand blocking trades in past years if he wanted to stay rooted in Texas, but at this point, unless he is planning on retiring, he might as well go to a new team for a few months because there is no chance in hell they are resigning him, and he's going to have to move anyway next season.

[Warner2BruceTD]

The difference in income tax rates between Texas (none) and California (among the highest in the country) was an issue for Astros first baseman Carlos Lee as he mulled over a potential trade to the Dodgers. Los Angeles may have been willing to help "bridge the gap" had he shown enthusiasm for the deal.

[Guest]

Says the guy with a $100 million contract

[Warner2BruceTD]

It really is amazing, for some of these guys it's never enough.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

It really is amazing, for some of these guys it's never enough.

You really are one communist bastard.

The man is making his money...and you want him to just fork it over to the government because some team no longer wants to uphold their contractual agreement.

smh.

Tory-motherfucker this guy is.

[MVPete]

They should do the right thing and send Lee to w/e Astros minor league affiliate is farthest away from Houston.

[EmpireWF]

There are certain teams he cannot refuse a trade to, the Astros should just find a taker and screw him.

[Warner2BruceTD]

You really are one communist bastard.

The man is making his money...and you want him to just fork it over to the government because some team no longer wants to uphold their contractual agreement.

smh.

Tory-motherfucker this guy is.

It's the same contract. Nobody is asking him to tear it up. His state income tax would increase, for like three months, if he accepted the trade. The guy is making $18.5M this year, has already made nearly $100M on his current contract, and he is balking over what would amount to like $10k, if that.

He'd rather lose and fight with the Cubs for last place, rather than sacrifice something in the neighborhood of $10,000, which the Dodgers were willing to help compensate him for anyway, and a chance to play in the postseason.

[Guest]

There are certain teams he cannot refuse a trade to, the Astros should just find a taker and screw him.

I believe he is a 10/5 player, so there goes that.