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HellToupee
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No team shows interest in a player like the Red Sox
fruity pebbles
Footballguy
I like the report that they offered fewer years and a lot less money for Alonso. I’m guessing they came in with a super strong 3 for 90 offer.No team shows interest in a player like the Red Sox
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Schwarber has learned to take his walks (over 100 in each of the past few seasons. That will play long term.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
O’s won’t care in five years if it helps put them over the top in the next year or two with their young core still on rookie contracts. They still need some pitching though. Maybe they think they can address that by moving Mountcastle and/or Mayo.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
So how does it work if 2027 is a lockout year? Does that year count on contracts or does everything get pushed back a year.
fruity pebbles
Footballguy
Still counts for a year of the contract
Eephus
Footballguy
It could play long term. With three true outcome guys like Schwarber, there's always a precarious balance between BB% and SO%. Even with all those walks, he strikes out at a 28% clip. I can almost guarantee that over the length of the deal the strikeouts will creep up and the walks go down. The amount of atrophy is the $150M question.
Alonso is also a guy who gets most of his value through power. His SO% is lower than Schwarber's and he's almost two years younger so in theory, he can stand more regression. But I have a lot of experience with aging and I'm here to tell you it's unpredictable.
We just concluded this same experiment with Paul Goldschmidt's last extension in St. Louis. He's a different kind of hitter but he fell off a cliff in the last two years of his five year deal at age 35-36. He also had two excellent years at the beginning and lost 2/3 of a season to the pandemic so I'd say it was a good deal. We'll see how these two guys do but it's an ominous sign that Chris Davis appears on both of their B-R comps (as does Khris Davis).
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Mike Yastrzemski to Atlanta for 2/23m.
Eephus
Footballguy
I love Yaz but that's a lot of money for the age 35-36 years of a platoon OF.
-fish-
Footballguy
Dodgers paying Conforto $17M for one season last year skewed the market for mediocre outfielders.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Hopefully he takes the Acela back after drinking them and does not try driving back to Philly.
ChiefD
Footballguy
Thank God. I was worried the Royals would resign him.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
As a tiger fan I hope that's accurate, they have to get something for him while they still can. With just one year left on his current contract I'm just not sure how much that would be.
Deepster
Footballguy
What a gut punch 24 hours. So, unless you get a bat of that caliber, you're paying Soto 50m to misplay RF and walk 150 times next year.
So you are saying they are likely to hit .247 every year of the contract?
Frostillicus
Footballguy
The Twins, after trading their entire bullpen and slashing payroll from $130M to $95M are now "exploring first base options to add some thump" to the lineup. They're reportedly looking at Ryan O'Hearn, Rhys Hoskins, and Josh Bell. That should change everything!
Yo Mama
Footballguy
MLB Network had a 2-hour special the other night with Bob Costas and Tom Verducci breaking down game 7 of the World Series. Had a nice recap of games 1-6, then they broke down all the key moments of the game, including some under the radar plays that got somewhat forgotten behind all the huge moments. It was really well done.
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