i believe that the only thing that is dictating the noamr deal is his injury history, not his performance history at all. it is to the best interests of both nomar and whatever team signs him to make it a one year deal, very similar to the deal that pudge signed with the marlins two years ago.
if he performs well, and stays healthy for the year, i wouldnt be at all surprised to see him get a 3 year/30 million deal. his problem is that he signed a long term deal with the sox before the market peaked, and now that he is a free agent again the market has been depressed.
i think that if he can remain healthy, which is a big if, he will return to become one of the elite shortstops in the league. even after the wrist injury he showed in 02 and 03 (except for the slump at the end of 03), that he could hit for both average and power with the best shortstops in the game.
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