Wacha's contract is one of those fancy ones with a team option and a player option after the first year. The team option is at a much higher price, similar to Paxton's.
The one with 45 chances could have the higher RAR, if he makes better than average plays while the one with 159 chances makes worse than average plays.
The only thing quantity guarantees is more opportunities to generate positive scores.
“Tonight was a little different because I didn’t have great command,” said Paxton. “But Connor did a great job behind the plate changing speeds and keeping those guys off balance.”
Good HOBOs, especially ones from the Rays org, are supposed to be a little better than average at making the picks.
Also, it's a tad early to write off Verlander.
Jays signings of Gausman for 5/110 and Bassitt for 3/63 look very good right now. Their combined AAV of 43 million is not chicken feed, but a total risk of 173 million seems reasonable by today's standards.
I give Bloom a pass on the low-cost acquisitions up until the past offseason. This offseason I thought we were going to make a bigger acquisition than Corey Kluber.
Absolutely. To me guys like Williams and Nolan Ryan are what you call freaks of nature. Nobody else who could do what they did, no matter how hard they worked and studied. It's obvious there are some qualities you're either born with or not.