Different categories. There's a huge difference between a healthy poor performer and a guy who played at a high level but has been physically unable to perform. One is a bad practice (trying to get crap to stick on the wall) while the other is about "if he's healthy, is he good anymore?"Originally Posted by dfs
Totally different categories.
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I don't see the harm in seeing what he has.
It is what the team is reduced to, apparently.
Wonderful Monds (01-04-2014)
When you are forced to shop at the thrift store, you have to think outside the box
Yep, alongside John Vander Wal .
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Worse thing that happens is he gets cut in spring training, not a terrible move.
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
This smells like R. Kell's sheets.....pssssssssssssss!!!!!
Wonderful Monds (01-04-2014)
Sizemore is a typical Reds pickup.. Buy low and then once he outperforms sign him to a 2-3 year deal.
Already have a Sizemore Reds' jersey!
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But it was 99 cents!
camisadelgolf (01-05-2014),dougdirt (01-06-2014)
Well, at least he'll draw ratings for MLB's Hard Knocks at Spring Training.
Oh wait...
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
Just out of curiousity more than anything but would it be possible to sign a guy like Sizemore to a multi-year incentive laden deal? Perhaps he can make 3/40 million after vesting options if he performs at a tip top level over time? But we pay him the league minimum for a year if he doesnt pan out.
Would a player ever go for that in the first place?
"Today was the byproduct of us thinking we can come back from anything." - Joey Votto after blowing a 10-1 lead and holding on for the 12-11 win on 8/25/2010.
Shades of Jimbo and Krivsky. All those two year contracts for fodder really hurt us. Hope the guys that got them were grateful. Ondrusek and Hannahan, you just made a MLB club when no one else wanted you and did pretty much nothing. Typical.
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On a minor league deal, absolutely. ML deal with real money...that makes me a bit more concerned.
I will say this, he is a great "lightning in a bottle" option.
getting healthy is just an excuse to harness qi, good move.
This is Ron Gant 1995 or Eric Davis 1996. A guy that has missed a year (2 years for Sizemore) gets healthy and signs an incentive laden deal. Mark Mulder's deal is worth up to 6 mil in incentives. I'd do that for Sizemore, because if he reached them, he'd be underpaid. I see Incentive deals worth about 1/3 of performance value on today's market.
Low risk, high reward.
Dubito Ergo Cogito Ergo Sum.
mole44 (01-07-2014),Old school 1983 (01-10-2014)
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