David Price signs with the Red Sox.

[ABC]

Makes sense in the NBA because 1 player can have a huge impact......

but for a MLB player who pitches once every 5th day? Nah...

 

I'm not sure that is the best calculation for value. 

[bloodbrother]

Yeah, if Price pitches good enough to where he does opt out, that's still fine for Boston. Much rather commit a massive amount of money to a guy on a short term deal rather than be stuck with 5+ years.

 

I mean, ANgels still have 5 more damn seasons with Albert. By year 8 he may be confined to a wheel chair with how shot his legs are

Edited December 1, 2015 by bloodbrother

[JAHV76]

Boston better hope he doesnt get injured with that size of a contract

[Guest]

Price will make 9k every time he throws a pitch....give or take.

$10,000 actually.

[Brent Maguire]

So we can fully expect prices to be bonkers in this FA market. 

 

I'm starting to warm to the idea of just signing one of the mid tier arms(Chen, Leake, etc) and still have money for that LF we need. Stay away from Greinke and Cueto. 

[bloodbrother]

The contracts are crazy but with teams like the Sox and Dodgers, it all just doesn't really matter in the end. They give Hanley and Pablo those awful contracts last year and still are able to easily throw $217 million at Price a year later

[m0nkey]

I just can't believe were in an age where we can give 30+MM a year too athletes. Plus, we do it in such a prosperous time for all of us here in the United States and the world as a whole.

Supply and demand

[ABC]

So we can fully expect prices to be bonkers in this FA market. 

 

I'm starting to warm to the idea of just signing one of the mid tier arms(Chen, Leake, etc) and still have money for that LF we need. Stay away from Greinke and Cueto. 

 

Cueto has already turned down 6/120.

[DailyHalo]

Their playing a game, no matter what sport it is. They don't deserve the money they get paid and huge portions of the money owners make, should be used to grow baseball globally as their business. Maybe he doesn't want too go past 2020 with the contracts because he's going too sell the team around that time? The trade market will open up to a lot of teams now and all of our trade able pitching just doubled maybe even tripled in value. The question is how does it effect the contracts of Gordon and Heyward though?

[ABC]

Their playing a game, no matter what sport it is. They don't deserve the money they get paid and huge portions of the money owners make, should be used to grow baseball globally as their business. Maybe he doesn't want too go past 2020 with the contracts because he's going too sell the team around that time? The trade market will open up to a lot of teams now and all of our trade able pitching just doubled maybe even tripled in value. The question is how does it effect the contracts of Gordon and Heyward though?

 

Of course they deserve that money. They are employees who make money for a company and the market sets the rate of their value to the employer.

Edited December 1, 2015 by CF8

[Tank]

If I ever have a son, I am definitely teaching him to throw a baseball left-handed.

 

talk to stevestevens. he's got so many he might be willing to send you two or three.

[DailyHalo]

The contracts are crazy but with teams like the Sox and Dodgers, it all just doesn't really matter in the end. They give Hanley and Pablo those awful contracts last year and still are able to easily throw $217 million at Price a year later

 

thats wrong and they make sports look bad by doing that s**t. I read that David would take less money to be more comfortable somewhere, Imagine what it would have taken to get him to pitch in "Seattle"? I'm just going to make sure a baseball doesn't ever leave my kids hands.

[nikkachez]

Eh, this could easily bite them in the ass in a few seasons. Can't wait for the meltdowns when Price chokes in the playoffs. They're still missing 1-2 or starting pitchers before I'm a believer in them. Not to mention....Sandoval and Ramirez still. 

[Tank]

$31 mil per for a pitcher.

 

i wouldn't pay that much.

[nikkachez]

$31 mil per for a pitcher.

 

i wouldn't pay that much.

Nope, especially for someone over the age of 30. If there was a pitcher of the same caliber, but the same age as, let's say Heyward or even Upton/Leake, then yeah that makes more sense. Maybe like a Jose Fernandez in a few offseasons. But I think Boston will regret this move in a couple of years. 

[DailyHalo]

Of course they deserve that money. They are employees who make money for a company and the market sets the rate of their value to the employer.

No the market is set by the employers. Their the ones meeting the agents demands and writing the checks. 

[ABC]

?

[eligrba]

ESPN is probably already produced a mini-series on the "epic Red Sox team of 2016."

[DailyHalo]

All i'm saying is that they make way too much money and just because their employers can afford it, does't make it right. Then you get teams like Boston who can just spend whatever they want and it forces teams like Toronto too overspend on Happ.

Edited December 2, 2015 by DailyHalo

[Hollyw00d]

I like David price, but I'm pretty much hoping his arm disintegrates now

[ten ocho recon scout]

All i'm saying is that they make way too much money and just because their employers can afford it, does't make it right. Then you get teams like Boston who can just spend whatever they want and it forces teams like Toronto too overspend on Happ.

i hear what youre saying, but think of it like this. Right now, someone in a poorer country than ours is saying how much less they would do your job or mine for. Entertainment will always be "overpaid", but it makes mints of money every day. Its a different world than our "normal" lives.

[floplag]

oh hell no

[halomatt]

i hear what youre saying, but think of it like this. Right now, someone in a poorer country than ours is saying how much less they would do your job or mine for. Entertainment will always be "overpaid", but it makes mints of money every day. Its a different world than our "normal" lives.

True.  "Entertainers" make way too much money, but society allows it, so whatcha gonna do? I absolutely hate that my students know more about video games and Kardashians than proper grammar, but until we properly value education as a society, nothing's gonna change. 

[halomatt]

As for Price, the market determines his value.  What I like about this, is that it AUTOMATICALLY inflates the values of all of our pitchers and makes them a more palatable choice than dropping wads of cash.  Thus, the Angels can, and should, ask for more or better prospects in return for any pitcher, including Wilson.

[NrM]

As for Price, the market determines his value.  What I like about this, is that it AUTOMATICALLY inflates the values of all of our pitchers and makes them a more palatable choice than dropping wads of cash.  Thus, the Angels can, and should, ask for more or better prospects in return for any pitcher, including Wilson.

 

Angels..... Prospects.....

 

lol

Edited December 2, 2015 by Poozy