Originally Posted by
Kc61
We do disagree on Heisey. He's a low OBP hitter, almost never walks. I would have used his $1.7 million toward a bat, a better OBP man.
The grass is always greener. Let's pretend for a minute that the Reds could sign anybody they wanted, so long as it was fair market value. Who is this guy you would have used Heisey's $1.7MM on?
Here are the 2014 FAs who signed for less than $5MM/yr and those still unsigned, with their predicted slash stats and rank among that group of 67 players. Heisey is included for context. I'm sure there are a few guys not on the list, but I doubt they'd be near the top of it. The list is sorted by projected OBP.
Now tell me, who should the Reds be using Heisey's money on? What would they have cost? And once you account for the rest of their game, by how much could we expect them to outproduce Heisey?
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Pos Player AVG OBP SLG OPS AVG_Rk OBP_Rk SLG_Rk OPS_Rk Signed
1B Kendrys Morales .276 .337 .454 .791 2 1 2 2
3B Casey McGehee .249 .332 .408 .740 14 2 11 4 1 yr, $1.1MM with Marlins
OF Grady Sizemore .243 .329 .412 .741 20 3 7 3
OF Austin Kearns .228 .329 .344 .673 40 3 39 20
DH Travis Hafner .225 .323 .383 .706 44 5 15 11
2B Skip Schumaker .256 .323 .330 .653 6 5 44 29 2 yr, $5.0 MM with Reds
OF Nelson Cruz .257 .322 .471 .793 5 7 1 1
OF Juan Pierre .278 .322 .335 .657 1 7 42 27
1B Carlos Pena .205 .321 .350 .671 62 9 29 21
SS Rafael Furcal .252 .321 .340 .661 12 9 41 24 1 yr, $3.5MM with Marlins
CA Michael McKenry .249 .319 .418 .737 14 11 5 6 1 yr, $750K with Rockies (Minors)
3B Eric Chavez .254 .317 .411 .728 11 12 9 8 1 yr, $3.5MM with D'Backs
OF Jordany Valdespin .239 .314 .369 .683 23 13 21 18
IF Michael Young .256 .313 .349 .662 6 14 31 23
SS Omar Quintanilla .237 .313 .325 .638 26 14 47 39
UT Kelly Johnson .236 .313 .412 .725 27 14 7 9 1 yr, $3.0MM with Yankees
SS Nick Punto .229 .313 .294 .607 38 14 61 50 1 yr, $3.0MM with A's
1B Paul Konerko .239 .312 .349 .661 23 18 31 24 1 yr, $2.5MM with White Sox
1B Jeff Baker .250 .311 .420 .731 13 19 4 7
2B Willie Bloomquist .268 .309 .327 .636 3 20 46 40 2 yr, $5.8 MM with Mariners
OF Jason Bay .222 .308 .378 .686 49 21 19 16
OF Sam Fuld .235 .308 .319 .627 28 21 50 43
1B Mark Reynolds .221 .308 .430 .738 50 21 3 5 1 yr, $2.0MM with Brewers (Minors)
DH Delmon Young .260 .308 .415 .723 4 21 6 10 1 yr, $1.0MM with Orioles
SS Stephen Drew .228 .307 .388 .695 40 25 14 14
3B Justin Turner .255 .307 .364 .671 9 25 24 21
IF Chris Getz .256 .307 .315 .622 6 25 52 46 1 yr, $? with Blue Jays (Minors)
2B Ramon Santiago .240 .306 .305 .611 22 28 58 48
1B Casey Kotchman .247 .306 .348 .654 16 28 35 28
DH Jason Giambi .189 .306 .335 .641 67 28 42 37 1 yr, $? with Indians (Minors)
OF Andres Torres .232 .305 .321 .626 31 31 49 45
DH Luke Scott .228 .304 .380 .684 40 32 17 17
OF Chris Coghlan .234 .303 .356 .659 29 33 26 26 1 yr, $? with Cubs (Minors)
CA Geovanny Soto .223 .302 .396 .698 47 34 13 13 1 yr, $3.05 MM with Rangers
3B Placido Polanco .246 .301 .297 .598 18 35 60 55
2B Brian Roberts .232 .298 .345 .643 31 36 37 36 1 yr, $2.0MM with Yankees
CA Kurt Suzuki .242 .297 .353 .650 21 37 27 31 1 yr, $2.75MM with A's
IF Jamey Carroll .230 .297 .277 .574 37 37 65 60 1 yr, $? with Nationals (Minors)
CA Ramon Hernandez .232 .296 .349 .645 31 39 31 35
OF Chris Heisey .245 .296 .409 .705 19 39 10 12
3B Chris Nelson .247 .295 .380 .675 16 41 17 19
OF Raul Ibanez .215 .292 .400 .692 55 42 12 15 1 yr, $2.75MM with Angels
3B Wilson Betemit .231 .290 .342 .632 36 43 40 42
CA Kelly Shoppach .202 .290 .346 .636 63 43 36 41
CA Brayan Pena .255 .290 .359 .649 9 43 25 32 2 yr, $2.28MM with Reds
CA Yorvit Torrealba .234 .289 .312 .601 29 46 56 53
CA John Buck .209 .288 .351 .639 59 47 28 38 1 yr, $1MM with Mariners
2B Elliot Johnson .227 .285 .318 .603 43 48 51 52
2B Jayson Nix .213 .285 .315 .600 56 48 52 54
OF Laynce Nix .223 .284 .367 .651 47 50 22 30
2B Alexi Casilla .239 .282 .322 .604 23 51 48 51
OF Rick Ankiel .213 .279 .367 .646 56 52 22 34
CA Wil Nieves .232 .273 .301 .574 31 53 59 60 1 yr, $1.25 MM with Phillies
SS Brenden Ryan .216 .272 .263 .535 53 54 67 65 2 yr, $5.0MM with Yankees
CA Jose Molina .209 .271 .290 .561 59 55 62 63 2 yr, $4.5MM with Rays
IF Brandon Inge .198 .269 .313 .582 66 56 54 58
SS Cesar Izturis .224 .269 .282 .551 45 56 63 64 1 yr, $? with Astros (Minors)
IF Paul Janish .202 .268 .267 .535 63 58 66 65
SS Alex Gonzalez .229 .267 .350 .617 38 59 29 47
CA Humberto Quintero .224 .266 .313 .579 45 60 54 59
OF Jeff Francouer .220 .265 .329 .594 51 61 45 56
IF Yunieski Bentancourt .232 .265 .383 .648 31 61 15 33
SS Clint Barmes .219 .263 .308 .571 52 63 57 62
OF Franklin Gutierrez .210 .259 .349 .608 58 64 31 49 1 yr, $1.0MM with Mariners
SS John McDonald .199 .254 .279 .533 65 65 64 67
CA JP Arencibia .216 .251 .376 .627 53 66 20 43 1 yr, $1.8MM with Rangers
CA Miguel Olivo .208 .249 .345 .594 61 67 37 57