Cody Ross Signs with Arizona

[OrangeJerseys]

@JimBowdenESPNxm: Cody Ross and Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed on a 3-year $26 million dollar contract that includes a club option with $1m buyout #Source

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[Frobby]

3/$26 mm? That seems really high. I'm having a hard time gauging this year's market -- some guys have gone pretty cheaply, others have been very expensive.

[OrangeJerseys]

As dirty as it makes me feel, I'm warming to the idea of Swisher. Ugh.

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[Greg]

JIM BOWDEN ‏@JimBowdenESPNxm

Cody Ross and Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed on a 3-year $26 million dollar contract that includes a club option with $1m buyout #Source

JIM BOWDEN ‏@JimBowdenESPNxm

Time to speculate.....Kubel could be going to Rangers, Mets, Yankees, Orioles, Braves

[Number5]

JIM BOWDEN ‏@JimBowdenESPNxm

Cody Ross and Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed on a 3-year $26 million dollar contract that includes a club option with $1m buyout #Source

JIM BOWDEN ‏@JimBowdenESPNxm

Time to speculate.....Kubel could be going to Rangers, Mets, Yankees, Orioles, Braves

Why would we want Kubel? .691 lifetime OPS va. LHP. We already have McLouth, Davis, and Betemit. Kubel would be redundant.

[luismatos4prez]

No to Kubel. His 19.0 % HR/FB rate last year was an anomaly, considering his 13.8 % career HR/FB rate. Terrible fielder everywhere too.

[oriole]

What would it take to get him? He has one year 7.5 million with a club option for 7.5 million and a 1 million buy out. Maybe if we sent Betemit over with a middle tier prospect? That way it cancels out the redundancy of Betemit and Kubel.

[SilentJames]

His splits are really bad. But in his defense his splits have been much more bearable the last two years. His HR% has been consistently better than league average and he has been consistently better than league average OPS.

He is not the MOO bat that people might want, but he could be a useful piece if the price is right.

[RVAbird]

What would it take to get him? He has one year 7.5 million with a club option for 7.5 million and a 1 million buy out. Maybe if we sent Betemit over with a middle tier prospect? That way it cancels out the redundancy of Betemit and Kubel.

If you believe the two players are redundant than you are agreeing to give ARI 8.5 MM in exchange for 1.75 MM. What?

[Number5]

If you believe the two players are redundant than you are agreeing to give ARI 8.5 MM in exchange for 1.75 MM. What?

This. Why pay Kubel as a full-timer and platoon him, when Betemit is a bargain as the RHP side of a platoon and hits RHP as well or better than Kubel? Kubel doesn't make any sense for us.

[RVAbird]

Career triple slash:

Betemit - .268/.334/.444

Kubel - .268/.333/.467

Career vs. LHP:

Betemit - .228/.285/.352

Kubel - .238/.309/.383

Career vs. RHP:

Betemit- .282/.349/.475

Kubel- .279/.343/.498

Salary:

Betemit- 1/1.75

Kubel- 1/8.5 or 2/15

[oriole]

If you believe the two players are redundant than you are agreeing to give ARI 8.5 MM in exchange for 1.75 MM. What?

Redundant in the sense that they're both much more useful against RHP and best used as a DH. The difference is Betemit is absolutely helpless against LHP and Kubel at least holds his own. Kubel had a .736 OPS vs LHP last year vs Betemits .405 OPS vs LHP last year.

[sevastras]

Career triple slash:

Betemit - .268/.334/.444

Kubel - .268/.333/.467

Career vs. LHP:

Betemit - .228/.285/.352

Kubel - .238/.309/.383

Career vs. RHP:

Betemit- .282/.349/.475

Kubel- .279/.343/.498

Salary:

Betemit- 1/1.75

Kubel- 1/8.5 or 2/15

While I agree with your post, that picture on the start of the video is quite disturbing. I would encourage you to think ahead before posting such things.

[DrinkinWithFermi]

Redundant in the sense that they're both much more useful against RHP and best used as a DH. The difference is Betemit is absolutely helpless against LHP and Kubel at least holds his own. Kubel had a .736 OPS vs LHP last year vs Betemits .405 OPS vs LHP last year.

The $6 million dollar diiference isn't worth it- that's most of Saunders' salary right there.

[Number5]

Redundant in the sense that they're both much more useful against RHP and best used as a DH. The difference is Betemit is absolutely helpless against LHP and Kubel at least holds his own. Kubel had a .736 OPS vs LHP last year vs Betemits .405 OPS vs LHP last year.

.691 lifetime. It is not overly difficult to keep the RHP side of a platoon from seeing many LHP. The reverse is more of a problem. Keeping Betemit, saving the extra $7million plus the player(s)/prospects(s) Kubel would cost you, and avoiding batting Betemit vs. LHP seems infinitely wiser to me than going after Kubel. Sorry, but I really can't even see any consideration of Kubel here.