Understood. Though I can see the Sox or another team swearing up and down he'll be SS forever and then changing their minds after 3 years. What would he do, sue for breach of contract? I kind of doubt it.
It's all very arbitrary and random. If someone didn't have the genius idea of moving the Astros from the NL Central to the AL West, that would impact the numbers a bit too...
No, but it is concerning that we're hearing about the Sox having tried to sign guys who just signed with someone else.
It suggests we're going to have to overpay to sign anyone good.
mvp has stats that make Walker look like a bum. FanGraphs says he was above average this year.
I'm about ready to throw in with Old Red and Denny G. and start talking W-L record, ERA and eye test...