MLB: Pujols to Angels!!!
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I heard that Albert will no longer be wearing the #5 in LA. Instead he will simply wear the dollar sign instead.
Its not about productivity of efficiency. Its the concept of $47 every minute stacked on my desk that I like. By approximately 1:30 I need to start opening drawers because the money has gotten in the way of my computer.
Your comparing this to time spent at work having money stacked on your desk. Imagine how great it would feel knowing your making $47/minute doing other things, such as golfing, drinking, taking a ****, etc.
I want to thank Albert Pujols for his time and 2 world series wins. BUT, you don't deserve $25 million a year, a 10 year contact, or a no trade clause. You're the next Alex Rodriguez. Overpaid baseball player that is aging, injured, and not playing at the level he did when he was in his twenties. SOOOOO GOODBYE!
This is great. Only problem is:
Royals at Angels. April 6, 2012. Opening Day.
It's like we can't get away from the a**hole!
Royals at Angels. April 6, 2012. Opening Day.
It's like we can't get away from the a**hole!
I imagine C.J. Wilson saying to his agent "Oh Albert signed too? That's awesome, how much did he get?" and the agent saying "Uh, oh, well, yah I'm not quite sure, there are, uh, finalizations, that, uh, yah..."
CycloneErik
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Well that sucks. But $250 mil is not a price I wanted them to pay. If he is worth that money, it will be the first major contract that has ever worked out. So good luck to him. I am glad that I can actually still root for him as he went to an AL team and we have very little chance of seeing him.
Question is, when does he move to DH? IIRR, he was always very proud and loved playing defense. Not sure when he will allow himself to be off the field.
Another question. Say he puts up the numbers he did last year. Is THAT even worth paying him $25 mil a year? What if he is already declining and he never has numbers better than that? Too many questions for a contract that big IMO.
Question is, when does he move to DH? IIRR, he was always very proud and loved playing defense. Not sure when he will allow himself to be off the field.
Another question. Say he puts up the numbers he did last year. Is THAT even worth paying him $25 mil a year? What if he is already declining and he never has numbers better than that? Too many questions for a contract that big IMO.
A-Rod earned every penny of that first deal. You are correct that his second deal with the Yanks is bad but the first contract by Texas was actually a good signing.
A-Rod was a 26 year old gold glove shortstop to go along with his massive offensive numbers. Over the next 10 years A-Rod went on to average 6.9 WAR - high of 9.9 in '07, low of 3.4 in '10 (the last year on his original deal)
The cost of each win on the FA market is about 5 million. So while Arod was making 250 million over ten years, he produced 345 million in value.
For the non-stat folks his traditional line (avg/rbi/hr) on average for the life of the contract:
.299/124/42 (best: .314/156/54 in 2007, worst: .270/30/125 in 2010)
10 year contracts aren't always a bad thing but they're silly for any player in their thirties.
This is sweet! I was just looking up Angels ticket packages yesterday (had nothing to do about the rumors about Pujols). I will definatly want to go to some games now.
So, the way I see it... if Pujols can sustain a WAR around 7 for the next 6 years, he could drop to average WAR of 2 the next 4 years and the Angels got their money's worth
I have no doubt they can make that money back with him, but what happens in those last 2-3 years when he is still making $25 million at DH? Do they just start spending more?
Well, if they are getting $150 mil a year for TV rights they should have plenty left over... Just bank the money for the good years when they are rolling.
