I just try to look at each transaction on its own merits.
With the Renfroe for Bradley trade, it looks like a net payroll addition of about $5 mill over 2 years. But there are some variables with this one, so it'll be at least 2 years before we can really size it up.
In general I agree with that, but in this case, if you like the deal, you're banking on Bloom's evaluation of the prospects being justified, which really remains to be seen.
Oh yeah. They deserved to have the franchise moved.
They didn't deserve to have their best shot at a title rubbed out, though.
And of course it's the fans who actually care and show up to the games that get punished...
It did, but for any long-term fans 1994 still leaves a horrible taste. My father lost interest in baseball after that.
The poor folks known as Montreal Expos fans are still bitter about it, deservedly so.
It left a mark, and the mark remains.
Yeah, there's nothing wrong with saying a move like this is questionable, because there are a bunch of X factors.
If Renfroe has a good 2022 and JBJ bombs, and the prospects don't work out, it's pretty hard to call it a good deal!
All I know is that baseball has a shameful history of giving fans abbreviated seasons because of labor-management disputes:
1972
1981
1994
1995
Will 2022 be added to the list?
In 2020, of course, he had a 1.5 fWAR in 55 games, which projects to about a 4 fWAR in 150 games.
And no, I don't expect a 4 fWAR from him in 2022. I'd take the 1.5 and run, though.
Renfroe is projected to get a raise from 3.1 to 7.6 this year. If he gets a similar bump in year 3 that's about 12 mill.
That's where I'm getting the 19 mill estimate for 2 years for Renfroe.