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$36M!! We sign Guillen for same money and one less year two years ago, and now you're telling me we could have had Chone Freakin Figgins this year instead of Guillen. Why do I care anymore?

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No way he was coming here

I refuse to believe Figgins would have signed here and if he would have, it would have been for more than that.

THat’s one element that never gets mentioned, the desire to play in Kansas City and right now there aren’t many that have that desire.

by Royal from Queens on Dec 4, 2009 6:02 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Never said there was a chance

Just that our team pays for crap, and we could have had actual production for that money.

by AxDxMx on Dec 4, 2009 10:07 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

what is this "production" you keep going on about?

veteran leadership? knowing how to win? grittiness? is that what you mean?

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Dec 5, 2009 12:43 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I've never actually seen it.

It’s like dry land in Waterworld.

by AxDxMx on Dec 5, 2009 4:07 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

interesting...

is Figgins worth that price?

by Will McDonald on Dec 4, 2009 6:20 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Using 2010 projections from Chones, 4.4 Million per WAR and -0.5 WAR/year for aging he is at:

37.7 Million

Link to spreadsheet

Not too bad for either side.

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by Jeff Zimmerman (TucsonRoyal) on Dec 4, 2009 6:27 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

interesting...

but its not quite a bargain either

by Will McDonald on Dec 4, 2009 6:34 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

exactly... not seeing a whole lot of the crazy contracts so far this winter...

aside from the Polanco deal from the Phils, it seems GMs are not really overspending yet.

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by CollininCalifornia on Dec 4, 2009 7:37 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Polanco wasn't an overspend, either

On my chart, 3/$18 implies a guy who is 1.5-2 WAR in 2010

Question on defense… Jeff has him at +5/150 defense at 2B. Let’s say that he’s gong nto be just average at 3B (that’s conservative, but let’s go with it

P0lanco per 150.
-4 hitting (CHONE and I both have him at -4/150) + 2 position +0 average +23 AL replacement = 2.5 WAR player. And again, that assumes he’ll be a lot worse at 3B than 2B.

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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 4, 2009 9:46 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

On my salary chart

doing $4.4/WAR with 7% inflation and -0.5 per year decline, the Ms are paying for a 2.5 win player. I’d say Figgins is probably more like 3, so this is a decent deal. Hard to believe we’re saying this after him being the butt of so many jokes at FJM back in the day (but not too many, otherwise that woudl destroy their facade of “the media is racist and only celebrates white guys as gritty.” You know, when they weren’t writing a show that appeals across the color line like The Office.)

As I tweeted, Jayson Bay shouldn’t get any more than what Figgins gets. He’s certainly not substantially more valuable than Figgins. On my chart (which is adjusted to be pretty conservative), a guy expected to be 3 WAR in 2010 would be estimated to be “worth” $47M over 4 seasons. So arguable the Ms did get a pretty good deal. CHONE has Figgins at +4/150 offense (I have him at +7). Jeff has him as a +6 defender. Even with CHONE, add in +2/150 positional, and he’s a great baserunner, so another +2 there. +23/150 AL replacement. +4 hitting + 6 defense +2 positional +2 baserunning +23 replacement = 3.7 wins/150 games. Round that down to 3.5, or even 3, and the Ms are making a good bet. It will be interesting to see what Beltre gets.

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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 4, 2009 9:41 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

the good news is

figgins can now become a royal at age 37

by Will McDonald on Dec 4, 2009 6:41 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

can he play first base?

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Dec 5, 2009 12:44 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

oh I know

just remarking that bringing a guy whose defense makes up a lot of his value to DH would be apropos of GMDM.

by wildthang on Dec 5, 2009 10:12 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm guessing this market will be pretty depressed

Sure would be nice to have money to play around with so we could sign Jason Marquis to an overinflated deal.

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by RoyalsRetro on Dec 5, 2009 8:25 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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