Fangraphs: Royals to part ways with Jose Guillen

"I’ve seen comments saying that this move has come a little too late, but that misses the point that it’s a move that shouldn’t have been necessary in the first place. There were zero indications that Guillen would produce value remotely approaching his contract. It was a foolish contract signing from the beginning, and the Royals realized nothing from it. His time in Kansas City resulted in -1.2 WAR. If players were compensated with WAR Dollars, he’d owe the club $5.9 million."

Don't worry guys, I'm sure Guillen already put the check in the mail...

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"It was a foolish contract signing from the beginning"

This may be true, but there were many who had zero problem w/ this contract at the time. Including many here, whether they will admit that or not (i was one that didn’t have much of a problem, i will admit). In just looking through some archives around the ‘net, there’s a lot of hindsight w/ this deal.

R.I.P. cwhitman412, Frederick0220, & Mets2k9

by doublestix on Aug 6, 2010 2:05 AM EDT reply actions

Really? I can't remember anyone who thought 3/36 was a good idea at anytime.

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by Warden11 on Aug 6, 2010 7:05 AM EDT up reply actions

i'm not gonna name names, but go look through the archives

there is way more hindsight with the Guillen deal than any other contract i can remember.

this one I’ll post though. guy is a genius, fo sho.

http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/09/15/the-media-and-jose-guillen/

R.I.P. cwhitman412, Frederick0220, & Mets2k9

by doublestix on Aug 6, 2010 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't get it.

He’s pretty much saying Guillen sucks?

Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.

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by Warden11 on Aug 6, 2010 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions

that's because i posted the wrong one

http://www.ussmariner.com/2007/08/29/a-few-quick-notes/

and this makes him saying Guillen sucks even more funny, and that’s my point.

R.I.P. cwhitman412, Frederick0220, & Mets2k9

by doublestix on Aug 6, 2010 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions

So he changed his mind a year later?

True, he though 3/30 would be fair and that’s not a whole lot better than 3/36. I think a lot of the hate comes from the fact that GMDM wouldn’t acknowledge at all how bad the contract eventually became.

Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.

People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball...Rock Chalk Talk

by Warden11 on Aug 6, 2010 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions