Comments on: Adrian Beltre’s Bat Away From Safeco

By: Steve Wimer

Steve Wimer — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:23:21 +0000

I read somewhere online, probably a Sporting News blog, that Beltre was on the list of steroid abusers. They could have been fabricating, fibbing, or have some inside information. Certainly, Beltre’s numbers do support doubts. And it’s not third-grade logic.

By: Joser

Joser — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:24:28 +0000

Well, just the suggestion of them has the power to cloud men’s minds, apparently. That’s pretty magic.

By: Dave Allen

Dave Allen — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:24:29 +0000

The value of dollars per win is different every year and used for that year. So Beltre’s value was

(wins in 2005) * (dollars per win in 2005) +
(wins in 2006) * (dollars per win in 2006) +
(wins in 2007) * (dollars per win in 2007) +
(wins in 2008) * (dollars per win in 2008) +
(wins in 2009) * (dollars per win in 2009)

By: R M

R M — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:17:17 +0000

Dave A, is the value he provided using the dollar value of a win currently? Or are you using 2005′s number, if it is any different?

By: R M

R M — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:14:53 +0000

Claims like this are just small-minded. So Beltre went on steroids for one offseason, which magically allowed him to hit 64 points above his career batting average and gave him twice the strength he had before? And then he went off steroids the subsequent offseason and this caused him to lose every single bit of strength those roids had given him in a matter of months? Right. Steroids are performance enhancers, not magic.

By: R M

R M — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:07:05 +0000

I am hearing a lot of people talk about what ballpark it would be best for him to move to, but unless the dimensions of that park happen to be smallest where Beltre hits most for power, in terms of value it doesn’t really matter whether he ends up in San Francisco or Cincinatti, does it? Won’t his value to the new team be the same even if his numbers go down or up due to the park?

By: Red Sox Jimm

Red Sox Jimm — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:57:02 +0000

After today’s “rumors” about Texas and Mike Lowell, I couldn’t imagine what team near the end of I-90 (a.k.a. the Massachusetts Turnpike) you’d be talking about …
How about “off the Monster for a double” … YES

Directions: get off I-90 before you drown in the Atlantic Ocean … around Kenmore Square … Copely square and back down Comm. Ave… Just ask where the paaaak is.

By: Joser

Joser — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:26:28 +0000

But Lowell is still under contract for another year, and I have a hard time thinking of a team that would take him off Boston’s hands. Beltre in Fenway is a good fit, but it creates more problems for Theo.

By: Joser

Joser — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:23:51 +0000

If Beltre wanted a one year deal he probably would’ve accepted arbitration with Seattle. McAfee is just as hard on RH pull hitters as Safeco is, so it’s not like playing a year for the A’s is going to rehabilitate his superficial offensive numbers. And I don’t see Beane offering Beltre more dollars than he would’ve got in arb from the M’s either.

Just because there’s a hole at 3B in Oakland and Beltre plays 3B doesn’t mean this is an automatic fit.

By: Ethan W

Ethan W — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:27:54 +0000

I would be very happy if Theo came up with Beltre with a 3 years at 10 million contract. Between he and Scutaro, the Sox suddenly have one of the better left sides of the infield instead of possibly the worst defensively.