Nelson Cruz almost earned half his paycheck in the first game.

[BohKnowsBmore]

Then Cruz will live the Buckner life for the rest of his being. That is not worth any amount of money.

Not sure if you've ever watched curb your enthusiasm, but Buckner has a tremendous cameo appearance. Seems able to poke fun at himself.

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[Orioles4Life21]

If Cruz were to make an error that cost the game tonight, he will owe the Orioles 3 million, so that's how it works. Let's hope it never happens.

I'm not sure that's how that works at all...

[Orioles4Life21]

Nelson had a great first game. That's it.

[DrungoHazewood]

Yeah by that logic he could make an error every game and hit .000 and still be worth 3 million from one game alone... Regardless I am very happy to have him

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Don't worry. There's no logic in this thread.

[Ommaculate]

Nelson had a great first game. That's it.

He is going to have another great game tonight and O's will easily win.

[Redskins Rick]

He is going to have another great game tonight and O's will easily win.

Not going up against another Lefty will help the rest of the lineup contribute tonight.

[Orioles4Life21]

He is going to have another great game tonight and O's will easily win.

I hope so!

[Ommaculate]

I hope so!

The O's are going to start the year 25 - 0.

[scOtt]

What was it I read recently, that MLB teams pay 3 million per win? It's because of Cruz we won that game. He had a good catch in the outfield and had the game winning homerun basically. So that's 3 million out of 8 million he has already earned. Looks like this is going to be a good deal. Loving Nelson Cruz!

Can mods fix my typo in the title? Thanks.

How so? Our payroll is roughly $100 million. Say we win 100 games. That's $1 mill per.

[PaulFolk]

How so? Our payroll is roughly $100 million. Say we win 100 games. That's $1 mill per.

I think the idea is that $3 million (or whatever it is) would be the going rate for a 1 WAR player on the open market.

[Hallas]

Not that this is a really good way to assign credit, but Cruz's home run gave us an extra 20% chance to win by WPA (win probability added.) The baseline is 50%. A hypothetical replacement team would have a 28% chance of winning. That means that the average player on a replacement level team would be roughly -2.5%. So strictly by translating WPA to wins over replacement, Cruz gave us about .225 WAR.

Fangraphs roughly agrees with this, since they assigned him 0.2 WAR.

[waroriole]

No because when you start making mistakes you begin owing the team money, so it will even out.

Ha. Would be funny if it really worked that way.

[Ommaculate]

I think the idea is that $3 million (or whatever it is) would be the going rate for a 1 WAR player on the open market.

That makes Cruz 1 war right now because anybody could have made that catch but not the homerun.

[waroriole]

That makes Cruz 1 war right now because anybody could have made that catch but not the homerun.

Did Cruz pitch and hold BOS to 1 run? No.

Therefore, he wasn't solely responsible for the win.

[Ommaculate]

Did Cruz pitch and hold BOS to 1 run? No.

Therefore, he wasn't solely responsible for the win.

Tillman is technically 1 WAR now as well. Not many starters could have done that.

Davis and Jones need to be +1 tonight. They haven't even started raking yet, it was the supporting cast who did it that is exactly what the team needed.