Offseason Rumors and Deals Around MLB

[Ripken]

Some people are not convinced by defensive runs saved in outfielders.

Yeah, put me there. Heyward is grossly overrated.

[weams]

34.5 WAR for Crawford before FA as well. At age 28.

4.5 since.

[Can_of_corn]

Some people are not convinced by defensive runs saved in outfielders.

I would think most of those folks would be convinced by the "eye test" and not only is Heyward a fine looking man but anyone that watches him play the outfield should be coming away very impressed.

[DrungoHazewood]

4.5 since.

Yea, sure. But Sam Crawford had 35 WAR from 29-on so your anti-Crawford bias is unwarranted.

[weams]

Yea, sure. But Sam Crawford had 35 WAR from 29-on so your anti-Crawford bias is unwarranted.

It's more like a Heyward fear.

[weams]

I would think most of those folks would be convinced by the "eye test" and not only is Heyward a fine looking man but anyone that watches him play the outfield should be coming away very impressed.

Verducci likes good looks. And he is very happy with his own hair.

[Can_of_corn]

It's more like a Heyward fear.

Fearing the O's signing Heyward is akin to fearing that a griffin riding yeti will move in next door and depress property values.

[Going Underground]

They are looking for a centerfielder and d not want to move Harper there.

Washington Post writer is skeptical the Nationals are going after Heyward.

[Can_of_corn]

Washington Post writer is skeptical the Nationals are going after Heyward.

He'd be a good fit in CF.

[Number5]

Yea, sure. But Sam Crawford had 35 WAR from 29-on so your anti-Crawford bias is unwarranted.

[TonySoprano]

I didn't know Heyward could pitch also

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another reason why spending big on Heyward makes sense for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nationals?src=hash">#Nationals</a>: Wiser than trying to sign Strasburg in weak FA market next winter.</p>— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="

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[sportsfan8703]

I hope Heyward signs soon and sets the market. That way if we are moving on from Davis, things should happen fast with Cespedes, Gordon, Upton.

[El Gordo]

Now there was a CF!

[El Gordo]

Heyward already has a 200 M offer with 3 clubs competing. I still think it will be the LAA. That owner is the king of stupid contracts.

[25 Nuggets]

Yea, sure. But Sam Crawford had 35 WAR from 29-on so your anti-Crawford bias is unwarranted.

Wahoo Sam Crawford (1880-1968). One of the underrated all time greats. Underrated because nobody outside baseball fans with a penchant for history know of him. Dude was a star though.

Article by Bill Lamberty, SABR

Standing an even six feet tall and weighing 190 pounds, Crawford was generally regarded as the strongest hitter of his day. "While we are no sculptor, we believe that if we were and were looking for a model for a statue of a slugger we would choose Sam Crawford for that role," F.C. Lane of Baseball Magazine wrote in 1916. "Sam has tremendous shoulders and great strength. That strength is so placed in his frame and the weight so balanced that he can get it all behind the drive when he smites a baseball."

First off, big ups for using the term "smites a baseball". But because ballparks were so huge then, Crawford ended up hitting the most triples in major league history (309). It is likely that if he played in the integration era he'd have a good shot at 500 HR.

Side note, Crawford was the foil for the man who finished second all time in triples, his teammate Ty Cobb. The two were polar opposites in personality, did not like each other and Cobb eventually stole Crawford's spotlight.

Crawford was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957 by the Veteran's Committee, one of their very best selections.