Comments on: Rangers deny report of plan to pursue CC Sabathia

By: lazlosother

lazlosother — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:40:36 +0000

The Ranger’s offer to Lee was very competitive. I’ll believe they have no interest in CC when he opts out and they don’t make an offer. Till then they are a viable suitor.

By: 1bigtex

1bigtex — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:53:31 +0000

Once again, church, not saying that A Rod didn’t earn his money. Wouldn’t say he performed above his contract since it made him the highest paid player in the game. The problem was that when Hicks signed the contract, he made statements indicating that he was going to go all out with his spending to put a championship team on the field. It wasn’t long before Hicks was leaking cash the way a ’75 Vega leaks oil. When Big Tom decided to hold the team payroll near the $60 million mark, the weight of Rodriquez’s contract doomed the strategy. You can’t give that large a percentage to one player. The “hire the best mercennaries” approach only works if you have the money to eat the contracts that don’t work. The “let’s give all our money on one guy” startegy doesn’t leave much for the scouting department, which is really the life blood of any successful team.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:55:26 +0000

That’s fine if you only read the first sentence I wrote. How is it the fault of the player who actually performed above his contract compared to those players, Park, Oliver, Galarraga, Gonzalez who were overpaid and performed well below?

By: 1bigtex

1bigtex — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:00:12 +0000

@ church

The problem with the A Rod deal wasn’t his production, but the inability of the cash-strapped Tom Hicks regime to be able to put anything else around A Rod. Additionally, while A Rod was a young player, the same can’t be said for Sabathia. If Texas wouldn’t break the bank for Cliff Lee, I can’t see them doing it for CC.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:07:02 +0000

Those kind of deals can sink well-balanced clubs. Remember those years with A-Rod?

Yeah, all Arod did was put up fWAR of 7.8, 10.0 and 9.3 those three years with the club. Definitely his fault. It of course couldn’t be the fault of Chan Ho Park (5 years at $65M for 1.5 fWAR in 3 years), or Andres Galarraga whose -0.1 fWAR was worth $6M, or $12M on Darren Oliver, or $24M on Juan Gonzalez.

Yeah, Arod’s fault. The one guy who was worth his contract.

But don’t let the narrative get in the way of facts.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/a-rods-first-contract-was-a-good-move/

By: qcubed3

qcubed3 — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:36:10 +0000

grammar fail = double post

By: qcubed3

qcubed3 — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:35:19 +0000

Rangers denying interest in CC :: CC denying interest in Denny’s Grand Slam Breakfast

By: qcubed3

qcubed3 — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:35:14 +0000

Rangers deny interest in CC :: CC denying interest in Denny’s Grand Slam Breakfast

By: stairwayto7

stairwayto7 — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:56:18 +0000

CC to the Pirates with Albert!

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 03:55:33 +0000

That makes sense. If he had been covering the plate and Scott Cousins had run into him, he would have bounced all the way back to third.

By: yankeesgameday

yankeesgameday — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:42:58 +0000

I keep saying it: cc will be a Yankee, but if that does happen, look for him to land with only one team, the San Francisco Giants.

By: legacybroken

legacybroken — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:15:21 +0000

The Red Sox brass doing some petty and vindictive? No way!!!!

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:53:16 +0000

How about starting a rumor that the Red Sox plan to make a big offer to Sabathia in order to drive up New York’s payroll. After all, sources within the Yankees reportedly claimed that they pretended to be after Crawford in order to drive up the money that the Red Sox eventually paid him. According to this new rumor, John Henry wants revenge for being duped.