Around Baseball Offseason Edition - Derek Jeter will retire at seasons end

tululush said:
Lol that outfield is going to hit 35 home runs collectively.
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What I don't get, is players are not aging any better than they were 10 years ago.

Not everybody is like Chipper and can still put up solid numbers at 40, certainly not solid enough numbers to warrent that much money per year.

Cano will be 41... same as Pujols when he signed his deal with LAA.
 
The market will eventually correct itself, but several folks will make a ton of mistakes with these contracts until it does.
 
Phillies are shopping Papelbon, says Ken Rosenthal. Will be interesting to see what they want for him.
 
How many players are even in the big leagues let alone starting at age 40-41? Can't be many. 24 million/year for a bench player?

KeithLockhart said:
What I don't get, is players are not aging any better than they were 10 years ago.

Not everybody is like Chipper and can still put up solid numbers at 40, certainly not solid enough numbers to warrent that much money per year.

Cano will be 41... same as Pujols when he signed his deal with LAA.
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KeithLockhart said:
What I don't get, is players are not aging any better than they were 10 years ago.

Not everybody is like Chipper and can still put up solid numbers at 40, certainly not solid enough numbers to warrent that much money per year.

Cano will be 41... same as Pujols when he signed his deal with LAA.
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Since the money is spread out pretty evenly for those deals, it is a form of mortgaging the future for the present. Like George Allen trading away all the Redskins draft picks for veteran players.
 
Hawk said:
Phillies are shopping Papelbon, says Ken Rosenthal. Will be interesting to see what they want for him.
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Even for high payroll teams it is a vicious cycle when you top out on sustainable payroll and find yourself with an uncompetitive team. Attendance starts declining. You have a bunch of old players on long-term deals and little flexibility. Things getting rough in Philly.
 
bravesnumberone said:
Lol at those "experts" criticizing Jay-Z. Cano will be good, but the Mariners will regret it after a couple years.
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They will probably regret the last 3 years but it's the AL and he will be able to DH. Cano is a great hitter, shows no signs of a decline like Albert did....IF they can land a combo of Choo/Cruz/Price then I really like their core going forward. Cano also has great numbers in SafeCo.
 
BRule said:
They will probably regret the last 3 years but it's the AL and he will be able to DH. Cano is a great hitter, shows no signs of a decline like Albert did....IF they can land a combo of Choo/Cruz/Price then I really like their core going forward. Cano also has great numbers in SafeCo.
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Albert was even greater and showed no signs of declining. Until he began declining.
 
Scott Feldman gets $30 million.....let that sink in for a minute....career 4.62 era......$30 million
 
Albert had his worst season in the majore his contract year including a really slow start to the season. That was the start of his decline.

The Feldman deal isn't that bad. Its just the Astros spending some to spend money. Its a relatively short deal that will expire before they are competitive.
 
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