Millions hinge on performance in walk year.
You might say this is a big year for Fred McGriff. He has a chance to re-establish himself as one of the game's top sluggers. For some, it can be literally a golden opportunity, the chance to earn a rich contract which allows them to buy all the gold, and diamonds, and high-priced toys, they could ever want. For others it's a high-anxiety reality check of realizing that they actually have to play for their next season's pay, and that millions of dollars and years of security are riding on the outcome. On one side it is a motivator to have as good a year as he possibly can have and hopefully prolong what already has been a successful career.