I heard the stuff about Lee's kid before but everyone I saw write about it assumed the hospital he wanted to be near was in Texas I think. Guess they assumed wrong.
And I guess the contract he took from Philly really wasn't as huge a difference as first thought.
He gets a 5 year $120M deal with a vesting option for a 6th year at $27.5M (or 12.5M buyout).
Yankees offered most guaranteed at $148M. Rangers offered $138M guaranteed with an option that could have brought it to $161M.
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