2020 MLB Season Baseball • Page 273

Bless Boras

 

Apologies to the pirates fans, who have like the 5th wealthiest owner in the league and refuses to spend a dime. Cole should still be on your team.

 

Would it he more palatable if it was 7yr/324 or 6/324?

 

Potentially...either way, a team is paying a player the same amount of money...the question is...would the team rather pay it off quicker (and while the player is more likely to be in their prime) or be on the books for that money the last 3-4 years where a player is more likely to have a sharp decline?

 

This Soto thread is foreplay.

 

9 years for Cole is silly. Yankees are gonna get fucked on that later on.

 

No they won’t - they have a ton of money they are one of the few franchises who won’t get fucked by a contract like that

 

I don't think this will fall on their face at all. i think this might be the yankees best big contract since CC.

 

Ellsbury contract went as badly as it possibly could and Yanks have been serious contenders each of the last several years. Not gonna get fucked by any contract lol

 

Do people think a contract is bad if the last few years are duds regardless of how good the first half or two-thirds is?

 

Hot take: the worst contract in baseball is all the young studs getting paid the league minimum

 

i really think the absolute worst case scenario here is he's what CC was this past season or two in 7 or 8 years.

 

The yankees specifically wont regret it but knowing how my Mets operate I wouldn't want the mets to make a move like that.

Love my pay degrom a shit ton but only 5years type deal so much more

 

As a jays fan the Cole signing is a bummer. As a fantasy player who always chooses Cole for his team, this is awesome.

 

yeah i definitely agree haha

 

If the Yankees keep getting good prospects they might just package them to trade away Stanton at some point. I feel like the same could happen with Cole if he wasn't doing well down the line.

 

This contract isn't gonna stop them from signing Torres or Judge or something because they wouldn't have done it if it would, so who cares if they are overpaying for 36 year old Gerrit Cole? It's possible he could still be really good then a la Verlander and also probable that he will no longer be the highest-paid pitcher by then. Yanks are fine and Cole is worth it.

 

nobody can predict what will happen during the season of course but the Yankees have to absolutely be prohibitive favorites for WS as of this morning

 

No doubt, probably NY vs. LA

 

Hmm

Study: Seams, batting tactics behind HR uptick

 

Also can the Mets not get porcello. I feel like porcello kinda sucks?

 

Yes. They ignore the success in the beginning of the contract, where they are providing a surplus of value for their clubs(!), and then shit on them when the pendulum swings the other way around. No one looks at the entirety.

Really, who cares if they suck the last few seasons, if he provides all the WAR/$ the club is expecting in the first few years?

 

If we assume a standard aging curve Cole is still gonna be putting up like 3 WAR in the last year of his contract though right? That's not bad at all

 

If they win one World Series and it cost them $300 mil I think they'll (and fans will) say it was worth it. They'll make all that back in revenue anyway in tickets and merchandise and all this money feels like monopoly play money when it's this high anyway.

 

I would much rather see these superstars signing huge contracts and teams at least trying & spending money for a World Series than sit there idly and do nothing, even if it doesn’t work out in their favor