Bellhorn04
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Agreed, although the job needed to be finished, and it was done so in style. But I would say that the end of Game 7 of that ALCS was the greatest moment in franchise history. I love watching the end of that game and the guys in the dugout getting ready to run onto the field.
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A great occasion. And who would have thought we'd win 3 more after that? We should all be grateful.
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Based on this list, the contracts for pitchers probably worked out overall about as well as the ones for position players.
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Manny's is one of the rare contracts of that length that was an unqualified success.
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Pujols fWAR starting at age 36 season 2016 +0.8 2017 -2.0 2018 -0.2 2019 -0.4 2020 -0.1 Total -1.9 Worse than replacement level.
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If his reputation is so bad, teams wouldn't be interested in him. Anyway, we'll see if he gets what he wants. -
I'm sure the Angels thought the same about Pujols.
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When I pointed out that the difference between Price and Betts was 2 years instead of the 4 you've been quoting, you dismissed it and deflected to the "But Price is a pitcher" argument.
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Again, it would be 1 and 6 for Price, since he was 30 at the start of 2016.
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I'm not surprised he wants full autonomy. I'm assuming guys like Epstein and Friedman have it.
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So all pitchers are injury-prone. Maybe we should stay away from them altogether.
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That's kind of scary right there. You're paying for 9 post-prime years.
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You're using fuzzy math. Price's birthday is August 26. Mookie's is October 7. That's a difference of only 42 days, but you're making it into a full year. Might as well use exact ages down to the days, if you're going to do a fair comparison. Edit: Or you can just use the same method Baseball-Reference uses, the player's age at the start of the season. That makes Price's 2016 season his age 30 season, and Mookie's 2021 season his age 28 season. 2 years difference.
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Would you be surprised to find that your math is actually off by about two years? Price TURNED 31 in August of the first season of his 7 year contract. Mookie TURNS 29 in October of the first year of his 12 year contract.
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I've been saying pretty much the same thing. With a 12 year contract you've got the risk of an unexpected performance decline and you've got the risk of injury. With a player of Mookie's profile, you can handle the risk of performance decline. But the risk of injury makes a 12 year contract totally insane. And the Red Sox say they don't buy insurance on contracts because the premiums are exorbitant - which is hardly a surprise.
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It is a little strange how much time we spent dissecting past GM's and their moves. But it's something to jabber and debate and argue about. Even if at a certain point we're just saying the same things over and over.
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OK. I guess I was arguing about something different, which had more to do with HanRam's being a terrible contract. There are, of course, a lot of random variances in player performances and outright luck that can make a GM look good or bad. With Ben a classic example would be Victorino. Terrific in 2013, a major contributor to a ring, and then useless, finito, in 2014 and 2015. A lot of guys had 'good outlier' seasons in 2013 for us, in fact.
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Don't you think the Rays have a good shot in Game 6 with the Dodgers starting Gonsolin, though?
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a) They'll pay him every nickel. No, they closed the Rusney loophole before Pedey got hurt.
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Can they just keep him on the 60 day IL all season? In any case it's a non-issue. They'll treat him with respect but obviously he won't be on the roster.
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In HanRam's Red Sox career, 2016 was the outlier. Surely you're not disagreeing with that.
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It's kind of a dubious argument IMO, because Porcello and HanRam's 2016 seasons were HUGE outliers in their Red Sox careers. Their 2015 seasons were not the outliers.
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It was a decent achievement, but like so many other things, you have to put it in perspective. -The first thing is that there have only been 3 divisions since 1995. -Second is that the 2016 and 2017 teams each won 93 games. That's very good but hardly great. There were a number of seasons the Red Sox won 95 games or more and didn't win the division. Not trying to be the cooler here, the 2016-2018 run was great, but it really needed 2018 to be great.
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If they generate value above replacement level.
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Cavan's offensive numbers look pretty solid.
