Manny Ramirez Exercises $20 Milli Option & Will Return To Dodgers

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Manny Ramirez has canceled all the off season drama this year after a down year in production and one that was marred by steroid use has exercised his $20 million contract option for 2010 and will return to the Dodgers. His agent Scott Boras informed Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti of the decision.

Ramirez hit .290 with 19 home runs and 63 RBIs in 104 regular season games. He missed 50 games while suspended for violating baseball’s drug policy.  In the NL division series against St. Louis, Ramirez batted .308 with no homers and two RBI. Against Philadelphia in the NL championship series, he hit .263 with one homer and two RBI.

Even if Ramirez gets back to his 2008 numbers, I personally don’t see the Dodgers or another National League team offering the $20 million range for a guy that plays a shotty left field and will be 39 years old that season.

I wanna know who had the crystal ball when making this deal last year?