Dr. Dinger

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I just think Aledmys Diaz' positional eligibility is a bad rationale for trading your franchise cornerstone. Godspeed.

Please don't do this. Aledmys really isn't that good. I can't watch this happen.

Yeah and honestly, elite relievers like this really make hay in the playoffs, as we saw. 2.5 WAR in the reg season is great, but having Chapman/Miller/Jansen/Betances/Britton for a playoff run is almost priceless.

And TBH I think those projected WARz are conservative with a pitcher this elite, not to mention he'll be easily tradeable.

Am I the only one who thinks this is a good deal for the Yanks? Y'all iz dumn. They are basically paying Chapman for 9.5 WAR over 5 years, without factoring in inflation. He's had 2.5+ WAR in 3 straight years, and by the end of this deal, 1 WAR will probably be worth around $11-12M. The people who think this is a dumb contract probably thought the same about the Andrew Miller deal. [TABLE=width: 348] [TR] [TD]Year[/TD] [TD]WAR[/TD] [TD]Proj $/WAR[/TD] [TD] Value[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2017[/TD] [TD]2.7[/TD] [TD]$9,000,000[/TD] [TD=align: right]$24,300,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2018[/TD] [TD]2.3[/TD] [TD]$9,500,000[/TD] [TD=align: right]$21,850,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2019[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]$10,000,000[/TD] [TD=align: right]$20,000,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2020[/TD] [TD]1.7[/TD] [TD]$10,500,000[/TD] [TD=align: right]$17,850,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2021[/TD] [TD]1.5[/TD] [TD]$11,000,000[/TD] [TD=align: right]$16,500,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Totes val =[/TD] [TD=align: right]$100,500,000[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] He'll probably be worth $100M over the deal even if he starts declining right away. We have seen $/WAR jump almost 50% in the last 3-4 years, inflation is rampant.

Holy Christ that's a haul for Eaton

I didn't say that. Read better.

Who is available that's better? Other than Maddon and Francona, nobody really sticks out as demonstrably better than Gibby.

He got two straight teams to the LCS without Showaltering himself. That's about all I ask for out of a manager. I kinda like Gibby, which is odd because I strongly disliked him the first time around.

I think I've pretty much done all my trading already.

That one emotional decision cost him potentially tens of millions of dollars.

Yep. B2B ALCS appearances and an elite offense. Why would we want to change that identity?

2 years ago this was a wet dream, now... yeesh. CoreDick is borderline cuttable and Brantley's career might effectively be over.

I kinda want Chris Davis back. Would you flip him?

Nothing would make me happier than seeing Cutch bounce back to a .400 OBP. The steals appear to be gone for good, though.

As a fellow Cutch owner... I think I kinda like this for TCA.

Implodes = won 3 world series recently

Not trying to be a dick, it's a common mistake. Personally I would rather be corrected than keep using the wrong word over and over for various audiences, perhaps even professionally.

It's moot point.

Yeah I wouldn't even attempt to calculate all that s***, mainly because any WAR projection for Moncada at this point would be a total shot in the dark.

Ok the $100M figure is bunk, though. What the Red Sox paid for Moncada isn't the relevant figure, it's what Moncada is worth in projected WAR/$ over the next 6 years.

You're f***ing nuts.

Actually we don't really know what they paid to get Chris Sale. We know what they paid to get Moncada, but we don't know what he'll be worth.

Yes, there is a practical limit based on payroll restrictions. We are discussing theoretical value though.