1. Chip Ambres likely isn't anything more than a nice #4 outfielder in the Jay Payton mold.
2. He's a .258/.352/.448 career minor league hitter, which makes this year look like an abberation.
3. He's already 25 and barely qualifies for prospect status.
4. If the Florida Marlins gave up on him after last season, then he can't really be that good.
5. Your boy whiffs a buttload. 25% of his AB's (43 out of 172) AB's this season he's whiffed.
I could definitely see Chip filling in the Jay Payton role in 2006, but he'd be a below average regular that has difficulty making contract, especially versus RHP's, just like Jay Payton.
http://www.soxprospects.com/players/ambres-chip.htm
http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Chip%20Ambres&pos=OF&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&did=milb&pid=407876
By the way, here's a great website for MLB contracts: http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/