Brownie19
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Wow - swing and a miss! What a pickup by the Packers. Evan Williams, a projected 6th rounder is playing like a 1st rounder and is already one of the best safety's in football. Love it. Goes to show you how flawed the public ranking systems (and team scouting?) are.
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That's just because a lot of people are easily fooled and can't comprehend what's really happening. We just saw a very good example of this. People who take the time to understand the deals don't think Ohtani got $700M - we know he got the equivalent of $460M.
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Brandon Crawford officially retires. Dude had a fantastic career.
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Is this finally the year the Dodgers don't resign Kershaw? Does he retire?
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Agreed. I don't see the issue.
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I don't believe that's true...
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The way I understood it is there isn't really some major loophole when deferring money or paying signing bonuses. It all gets captured in the luxury tax calculations. Deferring money just helps the team finance the deals better and now a large signing bonus gets the agent their money sooner (as they don't get their cut on the deferred money until it's paid). I don't think this setup is giving the Dodgers an advantage that other teams can't also implement. It's just the Dodgers have more money to spend than most teams. Am I missing something? I don't see this as a major CBA sticking point.
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f***ing morons.
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Martin and Brian McCann I believe. Catchers with 50+ fWAR deserve some f***ing votes (there's only 16 in history). IMO - both deserve to be in the HOF. I believe catchers are grossly under represented and they are 2 of the best of all-time. They are right there with Yadi and Mauer - just without some of the hardware. Martin and McCann are statistically the 3rd and 4th best defensive catchers of all-time (yes I know those stats have question marks). It would be criminal to keep Martin and McCann out and put someone like Sal Perez in eventually.
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Love this debate. It's one worth having every year. There is no right answer. King Felix was a f***ing special pitcher man.
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If you're going to look at peaks and ignore longevity - then I think David Wright deserves a look. He was basically 50 WAR by age 30 and then the back injuries took over. That said, I'm always torn on how to consider longevity...
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What do we think about this Kikuchi contract? What does it tell us about the SPing market? Personally, I think that seems about right. I think 3 years is about right. I think a 4th or 5th year would have been a sign the market is hot and you have to overpay. I also think $21M AAV seems about right. Did LA get a deal by jumping the market like this?
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Yeah that's all fair and I'd agree that $700-$800M without deferrals would be an insane number to get to. Regardless, this is still a very rare opportunity to land a generational bat at age 26. It's crazy to think we might be the ones losing the same type of bat next offseason!
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First - who the f*** uses bWAR? I can't even figure out how to find WAR totals on the BR site! Drives me nuts. Second - Soto put up 9.2 WAR before Pujols even entered the league. Ages 21-25, Pujols put up 37.6 WAR, Soto put up 32.7 WAR (having extrapolated 2020 out to a full season). Soto's defensive metrics in 2022 drag him down a bit, but yes, Pujols' defense and baserunning early in his career are better than Soto's (Pujols was actually a great baserunner at the time). As for $/WAR, it depends on what Soto is really going to sign for. Ohtani was really $460M when you remove the deferrals (we all need to stop suggesting it was $700M). I don't know where Soto lands and I expect there will be deferrals that make the # look higher, but it might be right around that $520M value that Pujols provided when you strip away deferrals. Finally - organizations only get a few opportunities to add a 26 year old generational hitter on their team.
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Driveline Baseball (@drivelinebaseball) • Instagram reel WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM 133 likes, 7 comments - drivelinebaseball on November 18, 2024: "Which MLB pitchers had the best command in 2024? 🎯 With MLB awards dropping this week, Driveline Director of Baseball Ops @jack.lambert is here to walk through who graded out best in our internal models this season.". I found that interesting
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2024)
Brownie19 replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Toronto Blue Jays (@bluejays) • Instagram reel WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM 52K likes, 1,205 comments - bluejays on November 20, 2024: "A special message from KK 💙 All the best in retirement 👏". Interesting message from KK here... -
I think people are underestimating just how f***ing good Soto is. This is like signing a 26 year old Pujols, or even Frank Thomas. He's potentially one of the best hitters of all-time. He's plenty marketable and is worth a f***ton of money. For reference, Pujols provided 51.7 WAR in his age 26-35 (10 year span) seasons.
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Did Gil win the ROY based on Wins and ERA? I know 150 innings from a starter is valuable in today's world, but he was almost half the WAR of Cowser. Skenes's WAR was below Merrill too, but at least he was f***ing dominant...
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The critique is the rules have changed since Lincecum and Strasburg. There's now a risk/reward decision to be made based on the potential to gain draft picks and years of control. The Pirates decisions surrounding Skenes cost them.
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Luis Gil takes home the AL ROY - 5 points more than Cowser. I think that's a big surprise.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2024)
Brownie19 replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Go back and watch the 2 fights before Paul/Tyson, included the woman's fight. They were both incredible. Non-stop action for all 12 rounds. Those people beat the living s*** out of each other. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2024)
Brownie19 replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I wonder what the team would look like if we: A - traded Vlad for a haul of young, controllable players; B - add Vlad's $30M projected salary to our available budget; and C - add through free agency. I'd love to add "Sign Soto" in there, but I just don't see that as an option. I wonder what type of team we could field... -
Agreed. The development of Dick and Agbaji are the reason to tune in these days...
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2024)
Brownie19 replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Cancel the parade. -
Let's be honest - Tyler Heineman is probably starting 50+ games next year guys. I mean there's a chance we sign some old vet catcher for $1M-$2M, but I can't see much of the remaining budget being spent behind the plate.
