Article: Deferred money might be one way to keep Hunter; The Pohlads should look into the extension of Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki and see if such a deal could be arranged for the Twins' popular center fielder.(SPORTS)(Sid Hartman)

Byline: Sid Hartman; Staff Writer

The original announcement out of Seattle reported that outfielder Ichiro Suzuki had signed a five-year contract calling for $90 million, and the reaction here was that Ichiro's large contract killed any chance of the Twins signing Torii Hunter, who will be a free agent at the end of the year.

Ichiro is as popular in Seattle as Hunter is here, maybe more so because of the huge Japanese population there.

But Ichiro's contract was not as lucrative as it seemed, because $5 million of Ichiro's salary each year will be deferred at 5.5 percent interest. That money will be paid to him starting when he retires and extending until at least ...

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