Comments on: Franchise Players

By: NYMdaWRIGHTchoice

NYMdaWRIGHTchoice — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:37:08 +0000

leaving R. Howard off the list is absolutely the wright choice.
Sure he’s destroys righties, but he’s also a horrible fielder and can’t hit lefties to save his lfe.
He’s actually just a suped up version of Matt Kemp.

By: Bobo

Bobo — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:06:58 +0000

WalkOff…Sorry to get so long to get back to this, but that is exactly my point. I think you need to count the guys that have enormously bad contracts, becuase more so than others, they are directly tied to their franchises. Juan Pierre isn’t the fist example I would have picked. When the cubs gave soriano that gigantic contract, they were 100% bestowing upon him “Franchise Player” status. Did he deserve it at the time? i don’t know, but it doesn’t change the fact that he is now and very much tied to the cubs just because of his contract (both the money and length), and therefore, again this is just my opinion, he is a franchise player, but probably not the kind of franchise player you want. See the way I look at it, is Boras is free to market these guys as franchise players, but he can’t escape the fact that some guys that at one point were marketed as franchise players did not live up to the marketing status.

By: paris7

paris7 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:46:30 +0000

Perhaps you missed my response above: “Only if you include Chris Carter for the As. While he doesn’t have a single MLB PA, he’s probably the most valuable asset the team has right now, with the possible exception of Brett Anderson. But I agree with a suggestion above that variability in pitching year-to-year makes it harder for a pitcher to be a franchise player. So, Carter it is! Which tier?”

I think this reduces that claim of “30 franchise players” to absurdity.

By: yankee fanatic

yankee fanatic — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:01:35 +0000

how did they forget Ryan Howard…he is definately a Franchise player

By: ineedanap

ineedanap — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:36:46 +0000

Anyway, I think Erich had it right.

30 Franchises, 30 Players. Simple.

Of course, who the franchise for each team is up for debate. Angels (Guerrero), Cubs (Zambrano), Mariners (Ichiro), Yankees (Jeter), Red Sox (Ortiz), Cardinals (Pujols), etc

By: jjoyen

jjoyen — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:38:55 +0000

If Tex is in group one, Morneau should be included in one of these tiers, just mho.

By: excatcher

excatcher — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:45:04 +0000

Nick Markakis says hi!

By: Adam R.

Adam R. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:28:03 +0000

Votto in group 3?

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:40:48 +0000

Halladay???

By: BlackOps

BlackOps — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:14:55 +0000

Because fantasy = reality.