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OOTP 14 - General Discussions Discuss the new 2013 version of Out of the Park Baseball here! |
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08-21-2013, 11:21 PM | #41 |
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yes...one big reason...a player in his 20's can still be tradable
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08-21-2013, 11:35 PM | #44 |
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I think you are thinking of the change to allow teams to set the scouting and development budgets during the offseason and not just the preseason.
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But most contracts like that, especially those for pitching, pay under open market value but the player has the money in hand and doesn't have to worry about a career changing injury during his arb years. The Rays offered Evan Longoria well before he was out from team control... and he will likely be considered underpaid well into his 30s if he keeps up roughly his current production. Verlander just got a big extension which ripped up some of his previous deal, but that previous deal he took well under market value for his first two seasons of what would have been free agency to pocket the guaranteed money. While injuries could always derail a career, these moves generally make sense for both sides. |
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08-22-2013, 12:08 AM | #46 |
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08-22-2013, 05:27 AM | #47 |
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Look at batter's BABIP before deciding whether to extend him, release him, or pass on him altogether. I noticed a disturbing trend in my rookie third baseman's BABIP during his four seasons with me. He started out really well, providing all-star level production at the hot corner. As his career progressed, I noticed that his production was slowly declining every year. When I took a look at his BABIP, it had dropped by nearly 50 points in a 4 year span. I decided not to tender him a new contract, despite him still having mediocre production. He signed on with an AI team for three years, and started only for the first year - he hit the trading block during Spring Training of the second, and hardly started a game after that. Why? The downward BABIP trend continued, despite his contact skill remaining what it was when he first made the show.
To replace the aforementioned guy, I signed a veteran coming off a bad offensive year where his OPS had dropped 100 points. Turns out, he was unlucky that year - signed with me, returned to his career norms, and then signed a better contract with a different team in the off-season and has played well thus far for them. Free Agents that had bad years are going to sign cheap (in most cases); determine which of them are cooked and which of them are just unlucky, and then pounce on the latter group while ignoring the former. |
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