He probably would have been an easy sign for what we gave Price don't you think?
Scherzer's deal with the Nats equates to $190-195 million in present dollars because of the deferred money.
Postseason sample sizes and dispersion are hugely problematic, I won't argue that. Although some pitchers, the Big 3 from the Braves, Pettitte and Schilling for example, accumulated some relatively large ones.
So why'd you ask me about me LOL
Some ballplayers also have 20 year careers.
I think the point is you can't really apply one general rule to everything.
Frankly it's still way too early to get excited. The Yankees still represent a formidable threat to us winning the division, especially if they add major pieces before the deadline.
Yes, if you were going to use one day that would be silly.
But if you looked at a guy's splits and he was bad every April it might be fair to conclude that he's a slow starter.
And if you looked at Chris Sale's splits...well you know where that's going.
Dombrowski may have overpaid for Kimbrel. But look at what Ben went through in pursuit of a closer. Bailey, Hanrahan, Melancon...that was a lot of hard work and transactions and some money gone before finally something went right and Koji took over in mid-2013.
I didn't really start to seriously doubt Ben until I realized that we were going into 2015 with Porcello, Buch, Kelly, Miley and Masterson as the starting five.