Both Yanks and Mets lost with somewhat depleted squads.
ARod has a cyst (wink wink nudge nudge) in his hip, and he won’t be playing in the WBC. No problems there, better he rests a boo boo now than a week into the season). Thanks to the Night Crew for the heads up.
Meanwhile, Santana’s condition has been upgraded, and may be ready for the Home Opener at Citi Field. Told ya so, Metsies, now come in from your ledges.
Looks like Manny’s back in Dodger Blue. As long as he’s not in the AL, I’m on board:
The two sides were in agreement on a two-year, $45 million contract with a player opt-out clause after the first year, but were in dispute over the deferral of salary that would discount the present-day value of the total compensation by $1.5 million (the interest in deferring payment over five years).
Evidently, the Bank of Manny is cracking down on shady loans to iffy enterprises. Does he look like a charitable institution? Good for you, ManRam.
Ollie has a 4.00+ ERA in the NL. Boras didn’t get his client a good price? how much did McClouth sign for?
Boras got Perez the only deal that was going to be there for three years. If the Mets sign Lowe where does Ollie go?
McClouth signed 3yr/15.75 mill
Ollie goes to the Dodgers.
Now who is overpriced and who is underpriced between McClouth and Ollie? And who’s his agent?
Boras’ power is that he lined his clients up to be signed so he knew the Mets would go to three years with Ollie after he signed Lowe with the Braves.
McClouth signed to avoid arbitration for the next few years a la Wright and Reyes. You sign a long term deal with the player to avoid acrimonious arbitration hearings and the player has a guaranteed contract for multiple years.
Perez was a free agent. Big difference.
Dodgers don’t sign him to that contract when you see what they just signed Manny for.
I agree, Boras makes deals always in relationship / context with other deals.
If Boras was McClouth’s agent, you think Scotty would have minded the potential acrimony?
In any case, AJ’s agent made the best move of the year. No way AJ is worth 5 years / $16.5 per. He had a career year and was obviously overvalued.
That said, I’m out!!! Honestly, I think Ollie has a higher ceiling than AJ – but has yet to prove it!
The benefit to young players is that they sign multiple year contracts and are guaranteed that money. If they go to arbitration and suffer a career ending injury then they are out of luck. McClouth will be 31 when he is up for free agency- right in time for one big contract.
Give me the guy who has actually done it. A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush. Burnett won 18 games in a walk year and Perez won 10. So even when he was pitching for a big contract he didn’t get it done. At some point these guys actually have to perform. Seven years in MLB and he is 55-60. Yeah he has upside but it is about time he showed it.
The Lasorda rant got me to long for Lee Elia professing his love for the Cubbie faithful.
Levi, amazing as it may seem that a TEN game winner can get the kind of dough Perez got, I honestly believe that the putrid Mets bullpen cost him 6-7 wins last season. Of course, that still doesn’t change the fact that Perez, like several others on his team, wilted in the stretch. As for AJ, I’ve known him from his days with the Marlins and the guy simply has electric stuff. When he is healthy and on, he is as unhittable as they come. While we can question whether he’s worth that kind of money based on past performance, since he is capable of 20 win-seasons with the current Yankees’ lineup, at the end, he could turn out looking like a bargain.
Native- I think that Perez does have upside. My point to Lib about AJ is that he stayed healthy and performed, especially against the team that wound up giving him the money, in his walk year. If AJ stays healthy I don’t think you can compare Ollie to him. Staying on the field has always been the knock against him not throwing strikes and getting past the fifth inning.
Spirit- Cubs finished 71-91 that year
Ron Cey 24/90/.275
They won the east the next year and if it wasn’t for Leon Durham and the ball through the legs might have had a shot at the Tigers.
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