tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post971565776783500094..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: Bleacher Report: Looking at 3 Terrible ArticlesBengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-22291387529722746302012-03-01T13:25:37.756-05:002012-03-01T13:25:37.756-05:00Rich, that's a perfect title for this article....Rich, that's a perfect title for this article. "Good players who have had bad years." <br /><br />The logic around C.J. Wilson made me laugh every time I wrote about it. Not laugh loudly, but just chuckle. I think it affected my ability to write b/c I kept wanting to have the author try to sell a house, much like your car example. <br /><br />"I want $1 million for the house, but I'll sell it for $100,000. That's a deal!" <br /><br />Wilson was just a steal at $15 million per year and Carpenter gets paid $10 million? That very may be a deal. <br /><br />I just need to quit defending Uggla. He'll rebound and if he doesn't then I'll be wrong, but I'm guessing he won't struggle for 81 games this year. <br /><br />I don't know if Mauer is worth $23 million, but he is worth $23 million to the Twins more than any other team. I don't know if position has a lot to do with it. Marketing has a lot to do with it.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-10148231056167152672012-03-01T12:41:05.173-05:002012-03-01T12:41:05.173-05:001st base: Justin Morneau
MVP = unfilled potential...<b>1st base: Justin Morneau</b><br /><br />MVP = unfilled potential. Screw the fact that he got hit in the head twice and missed significant time due to concussion related effects. He sucks!<br /><br /><b>Outfield: Jason Heyward</b><br /><br /><i>Of course he is on the list. He's 22 years old and hasn't hit his potential yet. </i><br /><br />He also battled injuries last year and killed it his rookie year. Oh and there's the fact that other than Uggla and Jones (who was hurt a lot) there's no one in that lineup to protect him.<br /><br />He had a bad 2nd year, to call it "unfilled potential" is stupid.<br /><br /><b>Pitcher: Ubaldo Jimenez</b><br /><br />The guy who had a sub 1.5 ERA for a long time while pitching for Colorado? Unfilled potential!<br /><br />The name of the list should have been "Good players who had bad years." <br /><br /><i>It isn't a $22.5 million discount because Wilson was never worth $100 million. </i><br /><br />I laughed at the logic. You should email the guy an offer for your car (if you have one). Tell him you're looking to get $500,000 for it, but you'll sell it for the $120,000. It's practically a steal!<br /><br /><b>Instead, the Rangers are only paying him $10 million a year.</b><br /><br />Ya, that also doesn't include the 50M the Rangers paid to get him.<br /><br /><i>Carpenter had a high workload last year, but saying Carpenter is overpaid by predicting a future injury seems thin to me.</i><br /><br />If you have the chance to sign a Cy Young quality pitcher for 10M who has been relatively healthy the past three years, you'd do it.<br /><br />10M for 230 sub 3.5ERA innings? that's about half the price it should be.<br /><br /><b>Dan Uggla</b><br /><br />He makes 12M and hit 36HRs with an OPS+ of 109. He has a career OPS+ of 116. The Phillies are paying 25M a year for a guy who was 33/125 (HR/OPS+) last year.<br /><br />He's not overpaid.<br /><br /><b>Mauer has to play catcher to be worth anything close to $23 million per season</b><br /><br />Mauer is like Ryan Howard. He's a player who shouldn't be getting the money he is, but is worth more to the team they're on than they are elsewhere.<br /><br />The Twins are paying 23M a year for a guy with double digit HR totals in two of his eight MLB seasons. <br /><br />Based on his productivity, he's not worth 23M no matter what position he plays.richnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-16865384433556017242012-03-01T08:28:09.227-05:002012-03-01T08:28:09.227-05:00Murray, so you are going on the record saying Dice...Murray, so you are going on the record saying Dice-K has a good year? I'll make a note of that. <br /><br />I look for Crawford to have a good year and Lester will do the same. In fact, I see the Red Sox having a good year and me pulling my hair out b/c some writers will chalk it up to no beer in the clubhouse. <br /><br />I'm fine with no alcohol in the clubhouse, but as a public policy move and not because beer doesn't help pitchers pitch well.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-88333031383324187582012-02-29T17:43:04.235-05:002012-02-29T17:43:04.235-05:00But
BEER IN THA CLUBHOUSE AHHHH
There I over-re...But <br /><br />BEER IN THA CLUBHOUSE AHHHH<br /><br />There I over-reactedMurraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-50763494196170600902012-02-29T17:39:14.322-05:002012-02-29T17:39:14.322-05:00Crawford had a bad year nothing more. Lester did p...Crawford had a bad year nothing more. Lester did probably underachieve. I think they both bounce back<br /><br />Im more worried about Beckett.<br /><br />Also mark my words DiceK has a hell of a year. I think having a guy who is very familar with Japanese ball helps him greatlyMurraynoreply@blogger.com