Comments on: 2009 MLB Trade Value: #45-#41

By: Joe S.

Joe S. — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:56:45 +0000

Cubs and Astros probably won’t have any on the list. I think that Pujols is a great value, I think that he will extend his contract with the Cardinals for way below market. He never going to make as much as A-rod, Jeter, Tex, or Cabrera

By: B

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:50:25 +0000

We’re measuring who we think the most valuable assets in baseball are long-term. It takes into account their future performance, contract, how long they’re under team control. Who would you rather have? I think it’s a fun exercise.

By: B

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:13:57 +0000

Ryan Howard is a hitter. Lincecum is a pitcher (Obvious, I know). The precedent set before each of them is very different, as no pitchers have ever gotten nearly that much. Howard also won his arbitration case (which, given the average of the two offers, added $1.5M to his contract), we don’t know if that will be the case for Lincecum.

Hamels is a much better comparison, because Hamels got the most money for a first time arbitration eligible pitcher ever (Phillies signed him to a contract rather than going through arbitration). As I stated before, he’s only scheduled to make $4.35M in his first arbitration eligible year. Lincecum will have a hard time making the case he deserves more than double what Hamels got. I don’t see Lincecum breaking 8 figures, though $8M wouldn’t shock me, I guess…

By: ebc

ebc — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:59:21 +0000

Ryan Howard got $10 million in arbitration. I doubt the Giants will even offer less than $10 million; lord knows what Lincecum will demand, since he stands a pretty good chance of entering arbitration with back-to-back Cy Youngs under his belt.

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:06:51 +0000

5. Todd Helton?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:50:18 +0000

This is basically the baseball version of the exercise Bill Simmons does every year with the NBA.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090212

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:07:23 +0000

The question is not whether the Sox would give up Beckett but who has what the Sox want and is willing to TAKE Beckett. Like my man says, dude is 29 and will get expensive very quickly.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:02:01 +0000

So I guess you don’t see this as a redundant way of saying who the best players in baseball are by some arbitrary set of standards.

What I’m trying to say is that the top 3 people on this list are probably the top 3 people on a number of other lists. Therefore, what are we really measuring?

By: cecil

cecil — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:05:30 +0000

so, since 2007 fielder has had a war of 11.2 to gonzalez’s 9.6 and he’s two years younger?

i’ll give the edge in body type, contract and home park to gonzo, but given prince’s upside and age advantage i can’t see how he’s lower. especially since the list seems to pretty heavily factoring in upside with the inclusion of guys like joba and heyward.

By: Sky

Sky — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:19:28 +0000

Based on my comment in a later thread, I take back this comment about Adrian. It’s still “only” 2.5 years, but he’s really damn good and really damn cheap.