Braves sniffing around on Markakis; Official 4 years 44 million.

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They knew the going rate and were still interested. Many projected Markakis to get 4/48. How is 4/44 an overpay?

He's in a decline and that money will suck sooner than later. He's probably good for at least one win, two if you get super lucky. It's an overpay in money and years.
 
Guess Chipper is an idiot as well.

Chipper Jones ‏@RealCJ10

Good sign by the Braves. Markakis is a very good player. Lot of contact, hits lefties, 1400 runs produced in 1300+ games. Great defender!
 
I'm not sure what you exact point is but I will assume it is something different from

1) We can't measure defense well so we should only look at offensive statistics in choosing our hitters

2) Advanced metrics are no better than naive metrics such as errors, so franchises that just use the naive metrics will have just as much success as those who use advanced defensive metrics

Same here homie! :)
 
Guess Chipper is an idiot as well.

Chipper Jones ‏@RealCJ10

Good sign by the Braves. Markakis is a very good player. Lot of contact, hits lefties, 1400 runs produced in 1300+ games. Great defender!

Great defender...

Fun fact: Chipper think's JFK is a work of non-fiction and believes Chris Johnson is a good player too.
 
Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal

#Braves believe they traded one Gold Glove RFer (Heyward) for two controllable SPs and replaced him with another (Markakis).
 
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