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Richie Sexson Gets Nice Severance Pay

by Anthony Amobi

Sometimes spending a lot for a big ticket item doesn’t work out…

Slugger Richie Sexson was finally released Thursday by the Mariners after a slump that lasted for most of two seasons and made him a target of constant booing from frustrated Seattle fans.

The Mariners would have loved to have been able to trade Sexson, but his $14 million salary this season made that nearly impossible. So now Seattle is eating the rest of that money — $6,120,219 Sexson is owed from Friday through the end of the season — in what may be the first of multiple moves to rid the last-place team of underperforming veteran players.

That amount would be reduced by a prorated share of the $390,000 minimum salary if Sexson signs with another team.

“I think we gave Richie a lot of rope… and there just wasn’t enough improvement,” said Mariners interim general manager Lee Pelekoudas.

Good luck, Richie.


Posted in Players on July 11th, 2008

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