Pederson signed a one year deal with the D-Backs for $9.5 million.
Its actually a $9.5M deal + $3M buyout of the $14M mutual option that is a farce that will never be accepted by both parties.
so $12.5M is a bit steep for a dick with an inconsistent bat who should have his glove buried.
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I was just going to reply, “good” but this is much better.
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Neris to FTC
1 year $9M
oops. Cabrera beat me.
My “friend” is reporting that the Astros have contacted the Marlins about Jake Burger for a second time this offseason
Apparently they asked about him before he went to Miami last year too.
Interesting.
Promising young player but desperately needs to learn plate discipline
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Not all that young: he’ll be 28 at the start of this season.
He really hits the shit out of the ball when he connects and was much, much better with Miami than with Chicago. If the Astros have been after him that long, I have to think they have a plan for improving his swing decisions.
And he may not be that young, but he’s under club control through 2028. Well worth a shot.
This was my “young” perspective.
Obviously not my money but for $9 large it seems Houston could have kept Neris if it really wanted to do so.
So he’d be 33 and still under club control? Yeah, I’m not sure I’d classify that as “young” or a “prospect” either.
It’s a far cry from the 3 years/$50mm that Neris was reportedly shopping around.
ETA: I just read BU Web Guy’s update in the other thread. I hope Neris makes his paper.
I’m glad they passed on his ridiculous $16.7M per for 3 years floater and am fine they passed on $9M as well. I am guessing the Astros expected Neris to regress to his 10 year 3.5x ERA mean, knowing the league was sure to adjust to his changes he made last year.
Considering the source, we should assume the report about the $50M demand was always complete and utter bullshit.
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If this is true my first question is what does this mean for Bregman/Abreu? Assuming they would not be grabbing him to mostly DH?
I would guess they juggle the plate appearances as well as they can for ‘24 with an eye toward Burger taking over 3B in ‘25. If the team stays abnormally healthy in ‘24 he might not see as much time as he “deserves”, but worst case scenario he’s an overqualified bench bat and a massive upgrade over Singleton.
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My thoughts exactly
What would Burger cost? Just prospects?