Comments on: Contract Crowdsourcing: Victor Martinez

By: HeyNow

HeyNow — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:25:23 +0000

Thole & Davis are hardly the problem on that team.

V-Mart should stay in the AL, the DH may be his lifeline in the later years of his contract

By: Cheese Whiz

Cheese Whiz — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:14:05 +0000

Sorry Locke, but JH is absolutely correct here, there is no way he will fetch a 6 year deal at this point. Martinez has had an impressive career, but I think he will end up disappointed this offseason if he’s serious about a long term deal.

By: Phantom Stranger

Phantom Stranger — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:52:18 +0000

By far one of the hardest positions to gauge for market value. The pool of players who can play the position at a high level is so small that Victor is likely to get a bigger contract than his numbers indicate. It really comes down to how a team values the uniqueness of the position and whether a team can tolerate him catching for 100 games or more. If he had a good defensive reputation his dollar value would be much greater. Some teams simply refuse to use bad defensive catchers, which limits the market.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:27:08 +0000

Omar Minaya’s status as a current MLB GM is why I put 4 years @ $15MM a year. If Minaya is not a GM when free agency starts, I will change my answer to 3 years @ $10MM annually.

By: cs3

cs3 — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:14:43 +0000

i also went with 3 years, but at 16m per.
im probaaly overestimating his value.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:13:41 +0000

They also are converting Casey Kelley to catcher so he can catch on days when he’s not pitching.

By: Xeifrank

Xeifrank — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:56:03 +0000

I went with 3/11 also.