V Mart re-signed with the Tigers

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

@jonmorosi: Tigers and Victor Martinez in agreement on four-year, $68 million contract, sources confirm @JonHeymanCBS report.

I'm glad the M's didn't sign him.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

@Ken_Rosenthal: #Mariners made offer to VMart, looking at all hitters, including Cruz. Jack Z was scouting director for MIL when Cruz was with #Brewers.

[Hollyw00d]

Mariner's douche factor would skyrocket if they signed Cruz, so they have that going for them

[ukyah]

martinez is 35 right now...36 next month. 17 million dollars a year from 36-39.

[DW711]

martinez is 35 right now...36 next month. 17 million dollars a year from 36-39.

 

Yeah and he'll be in the line up every day since he's a dh.

[ukyah]

Yeah and he'll be in the line up every day since he's a dh.

 

 

ok. i'm not trying to convince you, but you're right...guys only break down from defense. maybe the contract will work out great for the tigers, but i don't like paying old players, it doesn't have a strong history. the tigers could have let him go and got some really good years out of him or they could've QO him. paying him 15 million on a one year deal wouldn't hurt either of them, but they didn't do that. they locked up a 36 year old for four years, and paid him 17 million aav.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Wouldn't that be cool if Pujols could have an age 35 season like VMart had?

[wopphil]

Wouldn't that be cool if Pujols could have an age 35 season like VMart had?

He did. Won his second MVP that year.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

no, when Pujols is 35.

[ukyah]

no, when Pujols is 35.

 

he's saying pujols is lying about his age.

[QuinlansMinion]

Time to move Pujols to DH if it means hes more effective.  Move Kendrick to 1st and give Grant Green a shot.

[wopphil]

Pujols was substantially better as a DH than a first baseman (.943 OPS v. .731 OPS). If those numbers weren't a fluke, and the sample size is large enough to indicate they weren't, it probably makes the most sense to move him to DH full-time.

[Angel Oracle]

martinez is 35 right now...36 next month. 17 million dollars a year from 36-39.

Which is still >>>>>>>>>>> average of some $27 million/season for ages 35-41 for Pujols.

 

But +1 to maneuvering towards Pujols becoming fulltime DH in 2 years, and in the meantime increasing DH starts each season.

Edited November 13, 2014 by Angel Oracle

[ukyah]

Which is still >>>>>>>>>>> average of some $27 million/season for ages 35-41 for Pujols.

 

But +1 to maneuvering towards Pujols becoming fulltime DH in 2 years, and in the meantime increasing DH starts each season.

 

i hear you. the pujols contract is nearly infinitely worse than the martinez contract, both existing in the realm of things you should not do.

[Stradling]

Cabrera's will be equal to Alberts.

[wopphil]

Cabrera's will be equal to Alberts.

Or worse. That contract is downright scary.

Verlander's is horrendous too.

[Hollyw00d]

Verlander is Tim lincecum part deux

[ukyah]

Cabrera's will be equal to Alberts.

 

cabrera's is functionally 9/270 from today, for a 30 million per year average. he will turn 32 the beginning of the next season. so they will be paying him 30 million per year until he is 41.

 

pujols' contract is 7/189, for a 27 million per year average. this season will be his age 35 season. the angels will be paying him until he is 42.

 

i've excluded bonuses and personal services contracts because who knows what will be met and they're not really that impactful. like we both said, both contracts suck, but i think the tigers are going to get more out of cabrera than we are of pujols, but that's just my opinion.

[DW711]

Verlander is Tim lincecum part deux

 

He's been fading, but Lincecum crashed a lot harder than he did.

 

Timmy might have had a 6 era in two of the past three years if he pitched in the AL.