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That was a truly awful call. As I’ve mentioned a few times, umps are actually pretty good (97% accurate) at calling true strikes as strikes. So, it’s particularly brutal when an ump misses one by so much. Still, Kremer’s job after that was to get a lousy hitter out with a 1-2 count. Not to throw a non-competitive 1-2 ball and then groove a pitch for a homer. I was furious with Diaz at the time but the more I thought about it, that was still very poor by Kremer in that situation. Can’t lose focus like that.
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By CaptainRedbeard · Posted
Sure, I don’t think Burnes is worth more than about $200M for the rest of his playing career. But based on negotiation dynamics, I expect Boras to start from asking to beat Cole’s deal, then no team will go higher than 7 years, and then he’ll ask to beat Cole’s AAV. Cole signed his deal after 2019 so there’s been some inflation in player salaries and $/WAR since then, and agents (and Boras in particular) care about setting those records. There’s a decent chance no team will be willing to meet that asking price of 7 years & highest AAV, in part because the luxury tax teams like to keep the AAVs lower. Maybe there will be some deferred money. But it only takes one team to meet it, and if Boras doesn’t overplay his hand in the initial days of free agency by asking to beat Cole’s deal in total, I expect one will. -
By Just Regular · Posted
Pedigree, I think GM's will be less willing than with Cole to pay the back years too. Cole is at the top of the Nuke Laloosh blessed pyramid. Burnes (and Snell, and Woodruff, and Bradish) are I think pegged on a different raw talent level. Wheeler/Nola are more like Cole than like Burnes. With very good fortune we'll get a couple Burnes-Yamamoto head to heads late and our guy will be able to tell the market, "I'm clearly better."
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