Let's say it was Harden for Dunn, would the A's look to throw on Jason Kendall and the $13 million he is being paid this year. The A's other big contracts are Loiza, Kotsay, Chavez, and Piazza.
Let's say it was Harden for Dunn, would the A's look to throw on Jason Kendall and the $13 million he is being paid this year. The A's other big contracts are Loiza, Kotsay, Chavez, and Piazza.
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Over the past decade, if there's one thing I've learned it's that NO ONE is more willing to break type and run against his supposed grain than Billy Beane. Far as I can tell, the only question he ever asks himself is "will this help my team?" If the answer is yes, then I'd expect he'd figure out a way to make the money work. Plus, the deal I mentioned is close to even money and Dunn's 2008 team option disappears if he's traded. Meanwhile, Kotsay costs roughly $10M in 2008.
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Reds are pretty loaded at C (see David Ross' contract).....unless Kendall is playing somewhere else these days.
Thanks for the bait and switch. You said Dunn hit a particularly low percentage of homers w/ RISP. You were wrong. BTW, he hit 33 HR w/ RISP over the past three seasons, which would be more than Papi did (or Berkman, 25). Those other two guys are better offensive players than Dunn. I doubt anyone would tell you otherwise, but that doesn't mean you need to invent fictional reasons to bash him.
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[QUOTE]Jason Kendall is at 13mil plus this year and that money is coming off their books at the end of the season. It looks like the Pirates are paying $5 mil of that this year.
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Just to explode everyone's head.
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Last edited by BRM; 05-01-2007 at 04:32 PM.
Only problem is, it doesn't. It's not a matter for debate. This is as solid as four balls equals a walk. Guys who get a lot of hits, but don't have much power attached to it are lousy at driving in runs. It's why Ichiro doesn't hit cleanup. Guys who have low BAs, but lots of power are pretty good at driving runs.
Obviously you'd like both (e.g. Albert Pujols), but RBIs correlate to SLG. They don't track to BA at all. In fact, I'm relatively sure you'd find that players with high K totals (120+) do better in the RBI department than guys with hig BAs (.300+). That's how weak the relationship between BA and RBIs is.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
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