http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/13/report-twins-sign-denard-span-to-five-year-contract/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sat, 18 May 2013 18:17:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/13/report-twins-sign-denard-span-to-five-year-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-35803 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:11:03 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=4569#comment-35803 Longoria signed is deal days into his MLB career. Span had 2 remarkably consistent years under his belt which already places him as a well above avg bat in Center…
I think given an entire year in CF, he’s going to play out as an avg defensive CF which makes him a well above average player for an avg annual just over 3 mil… controlled through his prime… even a bit of regression(unlikely) heading into what his prime is, he’s an average CF. Those aren’t cheap.
If Revere or Hicks pushes Span’s out of CF, his OBP and above avg range in the corners plays well.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/13/report-twins-sign-denard-span-to-five-year-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-35802 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:18:21 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=4569#comment-35802 Nothing against Span. He is a great player and projects to be worth this much easily. But isnt he going to make more than Evan Longoria?

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/13/report-twins-sign-denard-span-to-five-year-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-35801 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:29:13 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=4569#comment-35801 It’s amazing what the Twins are getting Span for compared to some other players on the team. Cuddyer will end up averaging over 8 million per year on his deal; Justin Morneau signed for 80 million over six years. Span is easily, easily more valuable than either of these guys. The situation with arbitration was different, I believe, with Morneau and Cuddyer, but still, Twins are getting a ton of bang for their buck with this deal.

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