HUGE lol at paying a setup man ten million per year, not to mention someone coming back fom an injuryOriginally Posted by Dan Druff
HUGE lol at paying a setup man ten million per year, not to mention someone coming back fom an injury
MLB ready to outlaw home plate collisions as concern over concussions grows
The move, which will be voted on by owners and must be approved by the Players Association, could be in place as soon as next season.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...icle-1.1545002
Damn, that's hard to believe. Outlaw sliding into second next?
I can't even process this news.
He's also just 14 months younger than me.
That means he will be 41-42 for almost the entire length of the contract.
I'm more opposed to sliding into second then home due to the current state of the game today with hitters completely just going off the bag to wipe out a player to prevent the double play. The slide at home has always been around and taking it out of the game would be a crime.
Simpdog nailed it. This guy is the poster child for PED use. Everyone knows it. No on disputes it. Suddenly rediscovers "good mechanics" in late 30's. What a joke.He's also just 14 months younger than me.
That means he will be 41-42 for almost the entire length of the contract.
The Mets really don't get punished for signing a player who may well get suspended.
Thanks for the props but send them to Hockeyguy not meSimpdog nailed it. This guy is the poster child for PED use. Everyone knows it. No on disputes it. Suddenly rediscovers "good mechanics" in late 30's. What a joke.
He's also just 14 months younger than me.
That means he will be 41-42 for almost the entire length of the contract.
The Mets really don't get punished for signing a player who may well get suspended.
A few more notable signings:
Omar Infante signed a four year deal with the Royals.
Justin Morneau signed two years with the Rockies.
more than set up man....insurance for the closer roll, but can also serve as the 7th/8th inning fireman as Bellasario did--i believe there are some baseball geek theroists that claim the best bullpen guy should be used in game-on-the-line clutch situations rather than in closing out a win in the ninth; it will be interesting to see how this plays outHUGE lol at paying a setup man ten million per year, not to mention someone coming back fom an injury
Last edited by GrenadaRoger; 12-14-2013 at 12:50 AM.
(long before there was a PFA i had my Grenade & Crossbones avatar at DD)
Sounds like Choo has signed with Texas for 7 year, $130M:
http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=439548
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Time to higher a permanent driver/assistant for Puig.
Clocked in at 110 in a 70
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-bi...4973--mlb.html
Dodgers decided to keep Mattingly, after all.
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/s...ngeles-dodgers
Ken Gurnick dodgers beat reporter, wtf is wrong with this guy? Only voted Morris for HOF wont vote ANY players from 90s (glavine maddux on ballot)
I'm convinced half these guys who vote are retarded. They have their own agenda.
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Best part is morris played part of his career in steroid era
Kershaw locked up for 7 years, $215 million.
They could have gone to arbitration with him this year, as he's a free agent for 2015, but they didn't want to let it happen.
They pretty much had to do this. He's looking like he could end up the best pitcher ever to play baseball, and even if he doesn't reach those heights, he will in all likelihood be one of the greats.
There is a possibility that injury or decline in skills will get in the way of this, and the contract will be a huge bust. This is the chance the Dodgers have had to take. He has been very durable thus far, and seemingly never injured.
He did show that he was human in the final NLCS game last year (where he was clobbered for like 7 runs), but by then he was overworked both for the playoffs and the entire year, so it wasn't a surprise.
In general he has very few terrible outings, which separates him from guys like Wainwright, who are usually very good, but occasionally have awful games.
In an insane world where Choo is worth 7 years $130 million, and Cano gets $240 for 10 years of which the last 3 or 4 will be at an old age, it almost feels like Kershaw is a bargain at $30 million a year. I would have thought we were looking at 10/$400 for the best pitcher in the game at 25.
I understand we're talking arbitration and not free agency yet, but it still feels like a bargain.
The thing I prefer about giving a pitcher that money is the greater likelihood he isn't using PEDs. Many pitchers are, and I'm the biggest skeptic in the world, but I find it highly unlikely he is using anything when I view his trajectory and look at him physically. I pretty much assume most over-performing position players are, and anything long term with those guys is just so fucking risky. They get caught and suspended for 50 games and that's not a huge deal. The problem is when they come back and decide to not risk a further suspension and they are 50% of what they were for the next 6 or 8 years. The Giambi dilemma, where you paid premium for inflated numbers but are still stuck with the contract.
I had to stop reading right here so i could go to the bathroom & puke. 1 injury & he's a footnote in the history of baseball.
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Kershaw is in a group of about four or five pitchers that deserve this kind of money so congrats to him. It's always a risk giving a guy this kind of contract but he's only 25 years old so that makes it much less risky.
Off topic but for anyone who cares to watch here is the special 60 minutes did on ARod and doping:
This doctor is so scummy and has lied on numerous occasions but a this point a lot of what he says is probably factual.
At least I give props to the Dodgers for giving him 7 years instead of 10.
In 7 years, he will be 32, and his age 32-35 performance might be a different story than his 25-32 performance. They are also lowering their risk if he gets injured early. Greg Maddux, for example, declined somewhat in his 30s, changing from great to just good.
I really thought they were going in for $300m on him, so I was happy to see it was only $215m, even if it makes him the highest-paid-per-year player ever.
He also lives a very clean lifestyle, so he's unlikely to ruin himself with off-the-field problems (wish I could say the same for Puig).
Greinke had a great first year with the Dodgers, so if those two can keep up what they did in 2013, the Dodgers will once again have a Koufax-Drysdale type of combo.
Also he absolutely owns the Giants (even in 2010 and 2012 when they won the World Series), which makes it especially nice.
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