Baseball
From Al's Ramblings:
"Free-agent slugger Carlos Lee has agreed to terms on a six-year, $100 million contract with the Houston Astros.
Oof. We had the pleasure of watching Carlos play for the past couple seasons, and while he's a nice player, he isn't anywhere near a $16M a year guy. His career numbers aren't even that much better than an average LF's.
Lee, career--.340/.495, 835 OPS, 168 OXS, 101 simple runs created
Ave LF-------.344/.443, 787 OPS, 152 OXS, 91 src
'06 C. Hart--.328/.468, 796 OPS, 154 OXS, 92 src
I won't even make the argument that Hart will make up a few runs on the bases and on defense, nor will I assume Carlos will decline as he gets older and/or Hart should improve as he nears his mythical peak.
I can only say that HOU is spending $15.6M more and getting 9 runs out of it.
Lee should find Minute Maid Park to be very friendly to him, and his falloff should be minimal, at least for a couple years. As I said the other day, it is very difficult to discuss a free agent signing this offseason without the phrase "too much and too long" coming up, and this is certainly not the exception to the rule."
This is a very interesting time in baseball. As you can see its a market that can be taken advantage of, we have to play the field, the environment and that is what the mariners have done so far-my love for the brewers is growing, i want to write more about baseball but the library is closing.
"Free-agent slugger Carlos Lee has agreed to terms on a six-year, $100 million contract with the Houston Astros.
Oof. We had the pleasure of watching Carlos play for the past couple seasons, and while he's a nice player, he isn't anywhere near a $16M a year guy. His career numbers aren't even that much better than an average LF's.
Lee, career--.340/.495, 835 OPS, 168 OXS, 101 simple runs created
Ave LF-------.344/.443, 787 OPS, 152 OXS, 91 src
'06 C. Hart--.328/.468, 796 OPS, 154 OXS, 92 src
I won't even make the argument that Hart will make up a few runs on the bases and on defense, nor will I assume Carlos will decline as he gets older and/or Hart should improve as he nears his mythical peak.
I can only say that HOU is spending $15.6M more and getting 9 runs out of it.
Lee should find Minute Maid Park to be very friendly to him, and his falloff should be minimal, at least for a couple years. As I said the other day, it is very difficult to discuss a free agent signing this offseason without the phrase "too much and too long" coming up, and this is certainly not the exception to the rule."
This is a very interesting time in baseball. As you can see its a market that can be taken advantage of, we have to play the field, the environment and that is what the mariners have done so far-my love for the brewers is growing, i want to write more about baseball but the library is closing.