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Olson still had a fine year all things considered. Was huge in the Mets series, and was one of the few players who didnt **** the bed vs Philly.
 
Heyward said:
Olson still had a fine year all things considered. Was huge in the Mets series, and was one of the few players who didnt **** the bed vs Philly.
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My fear has always been his swing since the first time I saw him hit. It is such a long swing with so many moving pieces. If anything is off, he can get in a prolonged slump for a long time as we saw this season.
 
Dodgers aiming to spend a half billion on Ohtani next winter. Nickel and dimes to get under the luxury tax just before they blow it out.
 
chop2chip said:
Dodgers aiming to spend a half billion on Ohtani next winter. Nickel and dimes to get under the luxury tax just before they blow it out.
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But this trade actually adds $5 million to their total salary for this year which puts them over the luxury tax threshold. The rumor was they were looking dip under it in order to reset and spend like crazy next off season. They still have time to dump salary to accomplish the goal.
 
NYCBrave said:
But this trade actually adds $5 million to their total salary for this year which puts them over the luxury tax threshold. The rumor was they were looking dip under it in order to reset and spend like crazy next off season. They still have time to dump salary to accomplish the goal.
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Yeah they had a super quiet offseason and let both Turners walk and Bellinger. I could see them going hard after Ohtani and Machado next offseason.
 
bravesfanforlife88 said:
My fear has always been his swing since the first time I saw him hit. It is such a long swing with so many moving pieces. If anything is off, he can get in a prolonged slump for a long time as we saw this season.
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I think the thing with Olson is that he's always going to hit for power, the question will be if his contact rate plummets and what that will mean to how much he hits overall. Long swing, but he's unbelievably strong and has great leverage. He can be late on stuff and still hit it out to the opposite field. He's probably going to hover at around .250/.350/.450 for a couple of years, but if the average drops (and batting average does matter here), the ripple effect will be troublesome.

He grades out well in the field, but he really fails the eye test. Shows how the eye test can be a little off, but he's just not that athletic.
 
Sorry, but a bat-only player who just put up 3.1 wins over 700 PAs at the age of 28 is not someone I would want to be paying $170M into their mid-30s. He is the exact profile of a guy who will age poorly. Like, if you were to create the next Chris Davis or Ryan Howard in a lab, he would look a lot like Matt Olson.
 
Enscheff said:
Sorry, but a bat-only player who just put up 3.1 wins over 700 PAs at the age of 28 is not someone I would want to be paying $170M into their mid-30s. He is the exact profile of a guy who will age poorly. Like, if you were to create the next Chris Davis or Ryan Howard in a lab, he would look a lot like Matt Olson.
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Does his season prior not factor in like, at all?
 
Tapate50 said:
Does his season prior not factor in like, at all?
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it will depend on this year I think. But you are only talking about 2 of his season that are over 4 wins and he is projected to be 3.6 this year. That is not a ringing endorsment. I would have rather paid FF a bit more money versus extending Olson. not debating the FF thing again.
 
bravesfanMatt said:
it will depend on this year I think. But you are only talking about 2 of his season that are over 4 wins and he is projected to be 3.6 this year. That is not a ringing endorsment. I would have rather paid FF a bit more money versus extending Olson. not debating the FF thing again.
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Oh yeah, I love this topic

Haha
 
50PoundHead said:
I think the thing with Olson is that he's always going to hit for power, the question will be if his contact rate plummets and what that will mean to how much he hits overall. Long swing, but he's unbelievably strong and has great leverage. He can be late on stuff and still hit it out to the opposite field. He's probably going to hover at around .250/.350/.450 for a couple of years, but if the average drops (and batting average does matter here), the ripple effect will be troublesome.

He grades out well in the field, but he really fails the eye test. Shows how the eye test can be a little off, but he's just not that athletic.
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I think everyone would have preferred to keep FF, but he and his agents didn't make that happen. Seems like Dansby did everything he could do, including calling AA personally.

If you listen to AA's interview on youtube with DOB he talks a lot about sustainability. On that note, I would just never invest that much into a 1B at all. Now we have prospects and money invested in Olson. I think he'll be a 4+ WAR player next year and look way better. I think he's very good. I just think you can get someone to hit well and be solid at 1B on short term deals. For Sustainability I'd much rather have that money for Any other position on the field.
 
I would have preferred to have Olson for 2 years, and then had the flexibility to address 1B in one of many possible ways after those 2 years.

There could be a cheap 36 year old bat only guy available for 2-3 years.

Riley could have benefited from a move to 1B.

Acuna's knee may deteriorate and maybe he needs to move to 1B.

Perhaps the Olson market was slow and AA signed him back as a FA.

Some other small market team may have been looking to trade a 1-2 years of a 1B for a mediocre package.

Now? There is no flexibility, and Olson will be standing at 1B no matter what. There is no way to be agile at 1B...or very many positions at all anymore.
 
PawPawMaxwell said:
Who is going to sign Bauer? Anyone think AA would take a flyer in order to free up one of the Anderson/Elder/Soroka chips?
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Reports coming out that the Yankees, Mets, Padres, and Twins have "no plans" to pursue Bauer.

I'd take a flier on him, but there is no doubt there is a ton of baggage that comes with him and it may not be worth it.
 
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