Off
Season Moves
Well
the Off Season has officially begun and the signings/trades are coming
fast. For today lets look at a few
of the big moves and I want to give my opinion. Note that I’m not going to get to stat heavy since his is my
opinion of the contracts and place the players going more that the stats. So lets start with the biggest signing
of the off-season. This will be broken up from time to time since theres alot of moves so itll be a few moves at a time.
Robinson Cano- Mariners, 10yr
240mil. I don’t like this deal in
a few ways. Lets start with the
positives: It’s a good signing for Seattle to show they mean business and they
want to compete. OK bad things:
Cano is going to a pitchers park (though career Safe Co numbers not that bad)
so there will be a production drop.
He’s costing way too much money, no sports person in the history of sports
is or was worth that much. Seattle
has no OF as of know that’s been in the league for over 2 years and none of
them are very good. The list kind
of goes on from there but to say the least this deal is a make or break deal.
Curtis Granderson- Mets, 4yr
60mil. This is an interesting deal
but one that I think the Mets may regret.
Granderson is an older player and was valuable because he was a speed
and power threat, but his speed is disappearing fast and the power is going to
decline fast. Injuries are also a
main concern when it comes to Granderson who has missed significant time do to
injuries. Granderson should have
stayed in the AL where he could DH and focus on hitting and staying healthy,
he’s not a slouch in the field by any account but a rest is good for him.
Brian McCann- Yankees, 5yr
85mil. This feels like an over
paid contract but he has the best potential to help the Yankees then any other
option. The Yankees needed a
catcher and McCann was the best on the market and being a DH half the time
means his bat can help more often.
Now I’m not a fan of the length of neither the contract nor the price,
as I said this was a deal that they needed to make but at the cost of signing a
32-year-old injury prone C to a 5 year deal worth 17 million a year? Bottom line this is a basic contract
for this situation; teams are going to over pay for what they need.
Jacoby Ellsbury- Yankees, 7yr
153mil. This is a deal I like but
much like McCann it’s a little too pricey for a guy that is as injury prone as
he is. Ellsbury is one of the best
leadoff hitters in the game so this is defiantly going to help the Yankees who
had a very hard time with OBP last year.
In the end this signing is going to help the team in the current season
and going forward.
Carlos Beltran- Yankees, 3yr
48mil. I don’t like signing 38 yr
old players but Beltran can help the Yankees with power and OBP. He’s regressing and that’s not a shock
but he can still help the teams OBP which as I stated they are weak in. I can see his BA dropping each year of
the contract but I can see him keeping that OBP around .360 or so. I believe this will be a good deal in
the end.
Scott Feldman- Astros, 3yr
30mil. This is a good deal for the
Astros and shows that they are trying to get ready for the future. He’s there to be an inning eater and
act as team “Ace” till Cosart is ready to take that title for himself. Feldman can also be traded and get some
good prospects back in return.
Bottom line this is a decent deal for the team and cheap.
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