Pedroia signs extension

[tntoriole]

Looks like 7 years and 100 million for Pedroia. The Sux will live to regret it (a la Brian Roberts.).

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/9502857/dustin-pedroia-boston-red-sox-agree-100-million-deal-principle-report

[CA-ORIOLE]

Yeah, I think that'll be a bad contract. Gotta admit the guy is piling up some impressive numbers at second base though.

[tntoriole]

You have to wonder how much Cano is going to get?

[CA-ORIOLE]

I wonder if Cano will go to the Dodgers. Sky seems to be the limit there.

[Frobby]

Dave Cameron's analysis here: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/red-sox-extend-dustin-pedroia-at-ian-kinsler-price/

He likes the deal. I don't. The Sox already had Pedroia signed for 2014 with an option on 2015 at $11 mm. So, this is in essence paying $89 mm for Pedroia at ages 32-37. That might work out in 2016-17, but I don't like their chances after that, even if Pedroia doesn't smack himself on the noggin with a baseball bat.

[CA-ORIOLE]

I'm surprised that his defense rates out so well year after year. In general he doesn't impress me. Then again I probably don't watch him that closely and am biased because I honestly can't stand looking at him.

[Dipper9]

Does this impact Wieters value at all? I wouldn't think Matt gets anywhere near that deal. Thoughts?

[tntoriole]

Dont' know if it impacts that much. Apples and oranges.

[waroriole]

I don't see it as a bad deal. He'll probably be a bit overpaid at the end, but I would think over the lifetime of the contract, he'll earn his money. Unless he's hurt for a majority of the time, it's not the kind of deal the Sox can't absorb.

[tntoriole]

Dave Cameron's analysis here: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/red-sox-extend-dustin-pedroia-at-ian-kinsler-price/

He likes the deal. I don't. The Sox already had Pedroia signed for 2014 with an option on 2015 at $11 mm. So, this is in essence paying $89 mm for Pedroia at ages 32-37. That might work out in 2016-17, but I don't like their chances after that, even if Pedroia doesn't smack himself on the noggin with a baseball bat.

I agree with this. In fact, IIRC we went through the same analysis on this board back before BRob's extension and the analyses of smallish, speedy, second basemen inordinately seemed to show quite a drop off in value beyond age 30.

[CA-ORIOLE]

Maybe he'll age well and continue to perform defensively. Tough for 30ish MI's to do. He's definitely a Fenway Park hitter.

[Nigel Tufnel]

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[weams]

Lou Whitaker played to age 38. Omar Vizquel played past that. Jeter is still in baseball. That's all I got. good luck with this one.

[Nigel Tufnel]

Lou Whitaker played to age 38. Omar Vizquel player past that. Jeter is still in baseball. That's all I got. good luck with this one.

Not to go too far off topic, but does anyone know why Whitaker retired? Sure the team was terrible, but he put up a 129 OPS+ in his last year, and he had a decent chance of catching Joe Morgan in hits, HR, and RBI if he'd been able to play 2 more years. I wonder if that might have changed his HOF chances.

[blid]

Hopefully the Orioles can lock up Robinson.