3 years 21M...very good signing for the Dbacks
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jpx7 (10-22-2018)
Likely true. Escobar gives them insurance more in the case of Pollock leaving than in anything they might do with Peralta. Funny thing about Escobar is that when the Twins acquired him from the White Sox way back when, he was viewed as a glove-first SS. Turned out he wasn't a very good SS, but developed into a decent hitter who could play all over the diamond. Needless to say, James Taylor's Walking Man isn't his favorite song.
salmagundy (10-22-2018)
I would much rather stick with camargo
salmagundy (10-22-2018)
This is what most organizations should default towards.
Forgoing even a chance at a wild card season to rebuild shouldn’t be what teams with reasonable means should aspire to.
If you have limited resources then you have to do what you have to do. But those teams are playing a different sport really.
MadduxFanII (10-22-2018)
Quite possibly - but the good thing about this signing is it likely keeps Marwin's asking price from going through the roof. He obviously becomes the best super-utility option left on the free-agent market, but how much more than Escobar's AAV (or length of commitment) can he realistically ask for?
Last edited by clvclv; 10-22-2018 at 07:33 PM.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
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Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Not sure that it "sets the market", but it has to help from the teams' perspective. Is there really much of an argument that Marwin's reps can make that he deserves $4-$5 million per more coming off a much weaker platform year?
I'd hope that this at least puts Gonzalez squarely in that 3/$30 million range on the high end - which also ought to make him a realistic target for AA.
Last edited by clvclv; 10-22-2018 at 07:40 PM.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?