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Pedro Alvarez Appreciation

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Sorry if this thread already exists.

Thank you for the good moments last year, and I'm sorry you sat on the bench the entire wild card extra innings game. I appreciate that you stuck around in the organization this year while Mark Trumbo was guaranteed to play everyday.

Too bad you can't be effective at all this year because you will only be put into the game (one out of every seven games even though you were heralded to be a spark for the team) for one at bat in the 9th inning when the Os are down, and Joey Rickard's bat takes precident over you in the late innings.

Good luck with your future franchise with your one dimensional play. Was looking forward to more of EL TORRO this year.

 

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21 minutes ago, murph said:

It still amazes me that someone who put up an .826 OPS last year could not find a MLB gig, even a DH platoon at the least....

I'm surprised he's not getting DH platoon at bats right now. I'm fairly certain he can top the .684 OPS Trumbo has against RHP this year.

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3 hours ago, murph said:

It still amazes me that someone who put up an .826 OPS last year could not find a MLB gig, even a DH platoon at the least....

There is a over supply of one dimensional power hitters.  Khris Davis with the As is going to have his second straight year with 40 plus homers.  In Keith Law's chat yesterday, he was speculating that Davis will be non-tendered because he is not worth the $10 million that he will likely get in arbitration. 

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45 minutes ago, POR said:

There is a over supply of one dimensional power hitters.  Khris Davis with the As is going to have his second straight year with 40 plus homers.  In Keith Law's chat yesterday, he was speculating that Davis will be non-tendered because he is not worth the $10 million that he will likely get in arbitration. 

Makes you wonder why Dan signed Trumbo to that contract (after he signed Davis long term )? Getting one-dimensional power hitters at low cost shouldn't be an issue in this market.

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6 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

The money is there for Schoop and Machado. It's just being paid to Trumbo, O'day and Davis next year. Hopefully DD can do some haggling and dealing. 

Yeah, it's baffling. Dan does cost cutting moves like selling off international slots and then reversing it with dumb moves like signing these three.

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23 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

A lot of us were wondering that last offseason.

DD totally blew the Trumbo signing. It's like he was worried Trumbo was another Nelson Cruz. Bad signing. 

 

edit: edited so that the DD - Trumbo interaction didn't sound sexual

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59 minutes ago, cmandc said:

Makes you wonder why Dan signed Trumbo to that contract (after he signed Davis long term )? Getting one-dimensional power hitters at low cost shouldn't be an issue in this market.

Encarnacion   3/60m

Hanley Ramirez 4/88m

David Ortiz 2/26m

Victor Martinez 4/68m

Pujols  10 /240m

Holiday 1/13m

Kendra Morales  3/33m

Beltran  3/45m or 1/16m

Cruz 4/57m

Probably the reason DD signed Trumbo as a DH was it was the going rate for those kind of players.

 

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3 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Encarnacion   3/60m

Hanley Ramirez 4/88m

David Ortiz 2/26m

Victor Martinez 4/68m

Pujols  10 /240m

Holiday 1/13m

Kendra Morales  3/33m

Beltran  3/45m or 1/16m

Cruz 4/57m

Probably the reason DD signed Trumbo as a DH was it was the going rate for those kind of players.

 

Last season's going rate isn't what Seattle paid Cruz.

Last season's going rate was the minor league deal Pedro got and the one year deal Chris Carter got.

The further you went in the offseason the smaller the offers got.

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