"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
I am not sure I would gamble on Scooter handling 3rd and bouncing back offensively over going with a more sure thing in Holt. But if Holt is looking for multi year then scooter might be worth the risk.
Coppy
Interesting argument here that the discrepancy between Ozuna's actual numbers and his Statcast expected numbers is at least partially because Ozuna's swing generates a slice, which systematically results in an under-performance relative to the batted ball data.
jpx7 (01-22-2020), Metaphysicist (01-23-2020)
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
True Super, some sports radio guys like to rile things up and look at things the wrong way even worse than fans do.
Southcrack hit it pretty close, Arenado's value really is in the range of a QO draft pick.
Tapate50 (01-22-2020), The Chosen One (01-22-2020)
The Chosen One (01-22-2020)
This is a great acquisition. Probably better in the long run over Donaldson at 4 years. Now I wish we could get a left-handed bat who could play third. Even better, one who could also play SS.
jpx7 (01-22-2020)
Good deal. Hopefully there is another move with 3B coming soon.
jpx7 (01-22-2020)
I keep seeing $158M as the payroll. I'm getting 10M less. What am I missing?
8.0 d'Arnaud
22.0 Freeman
1.0 Albies
3.1 Swanson
1.6 Camargo
18.0 Ozuna
7.0 Inciarte
1.0 Acuna
61.7 Subtotal
4.0 Flowers
3.8 Duvall
4.0 Markakis
0.6 Culberson (or other)
1.0 Hechevarria
13.4 Subtotal
0.6 Soroka
0.6 Fried
18.0 Hamels
6.4 Foltynewicz
0.6 Newcomb
26.2 Subtotal
14.0 Melancon
13.0 SmithW
6.5 Greene
7.0 Martin
2.7 O'Day
1.8 Jackson
0.8 Dayton
0.6 Webb
46.4 Subtotal
61.7+13.4+26.2+46.4= $147.7M
Is there deferred or dead money or do we count all the non-roster invitees (which still doesn't approach the $158M I have read) or is that number incorrect?
jpx7 (01-22-2020)
A lot of people quote the luxury cap number, which is calculated much differently than adding up the yearly salaries.
For one, the luxury tax value has an additional $15M for player benefits. It also uses the average value of the contract rather than the amount paid that season.
Your numbers are accurate.
jpx7 (01-22-2020)
I'm assuming that Ozuna completes the bandage stop gap before Pache and Waters.
The next move after this one is trading Inciarte. I'm fine if we don't this year and go for it as Pache is likely not as good as Inciarte is now.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg