Maximizing Assets
Adrian Beltre wallops a ninth-inning double against the White Sox on Monday, Sept. 27th.The Texas Rangers are in much better financial shape going into this off-season than they were last year and are hoping to use their increased capabilities to keep the excitement building in the franchise. It’s not hard to squint your eyes just so and see how a good front office continuously putting a good product onto the field helps Chuck Greenberg work his marketing magic and turn the Texas Ranges into one of the more successful franchises in baseball, both on and off the field. It’s certainly what we are all hoping for.
However, they are not there yet. While last year’s team was able to make moves and get by on an extremely limited budget, players heading into arbitration and the impending free agency of several key players means that the Rangers have less flexibility than those who survived the ownership saga might have hoped for. It’s easy to see how this franchise could sustain a salary in the second tier (No. 3-8) of MLB, but it’s also quite possible that they can’t capitalize on this momentum and stay in the middle tier in terms of payroll. Fortunately, baseball is at a point where it is possible to not only contend, but excel with a mid-tier salary.
In order to compete with franchises that have more cash, the Rangers are going to have to make some unconventional moves. Last year’s team was built on the success of a reformed addict, starting pitcher cast away to Japan, and a reliever turned starter. After adding Yorvit Torrealba, the 2011 Rangers need to address DH/1B in addition to needing another starting pitcher and depth throughout. There are a number of options in free agency that could fill the DH/1B role, but perhaps the Rangers could address another glaring weakness at the same time: third base defense.
While it is true that Michael Young’s role as one of the faces of the franchise has resulted in increased expectations of performance, and much grumbling when those expectations aren’t met, he is not the replacement-level player that many of us imagine him being in the emotional reaction to a strikeout. He has been a reliably (slightly) above league-average hitter since 2003. His value as a hitter has ranged from 22.5 to 58.5 runs a year, settling in for a 35-run average. However, those who have hung around these parts for a while know that there is another critical issue with Michael Bryan Young: his defense. After (somewhat) graciously moving from shortstop to third base, many, including myself, assumed that he would provide at least neutral defense and mainly hoped that he would be able to hit well enough to justify the move.
Two years later and the hitting seems to be acceptable, while the defense has been below average. UZR often needs a large sample size than hitting statistics to mean anything significant, with three years being the rule of thumb. Two years' worth of poor UZR numbers and the anecdotal visual evidence give us enough data to suggest that Young is unlikely to be an even average defensive third basebmen next year. He had a UZR of -7.6 in 2009 and -5.4 in 2010. I think a reasonable projection for him for 2011, considering age and recent performance, would fall somewhere in the -5 to -10 range. This means that even another solid year at the plate next year would make him a league-average (~2 WAR) player. And any decline, age-related or other ...
Addressing third-base defense is not the most pressing concern for the Rangers; however, addressing it appropriately could result in as big of an improvement as signing or trading for one of baseball’s elite talents. This is because the Rangers currently have an opening at DH/1B. Fortunately, the team has enough good hitters that it doesn’t need to invest in the best hitters in free agency, but their location on the win curve means that every improvement is important. Moving Michael Young to first base with Moreland becoming the backup first baseman and getting more plate appearances in the DH role would result in a harsher positional defense penalty (-12.5 runs at first base) for Young, but I have a feeling that he would likely end up with similar value defensively. Offensively, he would likely be somewhat below average compared to the average MLB first baseman, but still have a better projection than the Rangers' current first base options.
Now, this move would only make sense if there was a good candidate to replace Michael Young. Enter Adrian Beltre. The perception of Beltre by those who doubt him seem to focus on his disproportionate success in contract years and his reputation as a player who gets injured a lot. While he has had some injuries, his only season in the past nine that resulted in him seeing less than 600 plate appearances was in 2009 for the Mariners, when he only hit 477. The ‘contract year success’ seems to conveniently ignore how poorly he played in his last year for the Mariners, though that still resulted in a nice 2.5 WAR season (one of only three seasons under 3.0 WAR for him in the last 12 years). Additionally, his relatively mediocre hitting statistics during his time in Seattle become less worrisome when one sees his .340 wOBA away from Safeco and remembering that it also encompassed two of the worst years of his career.
Please note that I do not think that Adrian Beltre will hit as well as he did last year, where he flourished in moving from Seattle’s cavern to Boston’s more hitter-friendly confines to the tune of a .321/.365/.553 slash line, a. 390 wOBA, and an All-Star appearance. StatCorner had his park-adjusted wOBA* at a still-excellent .384. Oddly enough, he hit better on the road than at home, with .403 and .375 wOBAs, respectively. I think that it’s more likely that Beltre goes back to being the solid, above-average hitter that he has been previously in his career while also rolling the dice that he has a couple more powerful years in the Texas heat. So why take on the risk of signing him? Quite simply:
Defense matters.
Adrian Beltre’s UZR the past 3 years has been +11.0, +14.7, and +11.8. Most anecdotal reports confirm that he is an excellent defender and his two Gold Gloves certainly don’t hurt (though how much they help is a separate debate). Assuming health, most would feel comfortable projecting Beltre as a +10 UZR/year defender for the next couple of years. This is where Beltre’s value lies, value so great as to warrant moving Young across the diamond. As Young’s defense continues to decline, it seems likely that Beltre will be providing 15 to 20 runs better defense, or approaching two games, all while providing similar offense.
There is definitely some risk to pursuing Beltre. As a 31-year-old player who is seeking a four- or five-year deal, signing him involves taking on a player who is currently in his plateau phase to a contract that will likely involve some of his decline phase. However, he is a player who I would comfortably project in the 3-4 WAR range over the next 2-3 years, when the Rangers are likely to be at a critical point on the win curve. The great news for a team in the Rangers’ salary range is that since a significant portion of his value is derived from his defense (roughly one-third), it is likely that he can be signed for a below-market or fair contract based on his projected performance rather than the highly inflated prices we’ve seen handed out already this offseason (yes, you, Jayson Werth).
Roughly projecting forward, it seems likely that Beltre will be worth somewhere in the neighborhood of 9-10 WAR over the next three years, 11-12 WAR over the next four years and 12-14 WAR over the next five years. It seems unwise to project 4 WAR seasons 3-4 years into the future for a player who is currently 31, though it can and does happen. While I would love to minimize risk and see him signed to the Rangers for three years, I think he will get four years, necessitating a contract in the four-year, $60 million range, possibly with an optional/vested fifth year bringing the total value up to $70 million.
In return, the Rangers would get a likely 3.5-4.0 WAR player for third base and improve first base production to an unsexy but steady level that has not been seen over the course of an entire season since Mark Teixeira left. It’s hard to project what the total improvement would be because of the variance in Mitch Moreland’s future, but I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that this move could be a 5.0 WAR improvement to the team next year. In other words, it could be as significant as signing a certain pitcher everyone seems to be clamoring for endlesslee.
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Great, now I have to read and absorb this instead of rework differential equation after differential equation in preparation for my final tomorrow. Thanks you jerk. Kidding of course
your gunna have to get mike young's consent first, of course. MY to DH in 2013 after Vlads contract is up? i'm sure daniels and co have looked down the line and will make an informed decision.
MY is destined for the DH role.....while we should respect Michael and what he has contributed to the team over the years even Babe Ruth got sent packing by the Yankees once upon a time! It might need to happen sooner rather than later. As MY's favorite manager would say, "Thant's baseball"!!
I see what you did there.
This is well thought out. However, I just get the sense that the Rangers will live with MY at third for the next year or two, leave Moreland at first and focus their financial resources on pitching. Time will tell.
I have been arguing for The Face to be moved to DH/Player Coach for sometime now. The guy has been an All Star at three of the four positions. heshould be able to coach the IF if his heart was in it. Moreland/Kinsler/Andrus/Beltre would be a very stout IF defeinsively and defense wins games.
If the Rangers were to designate The Face as the heir apparent and spend several years grooming him he might bite off on the deal. Wash is no spring chicken and might be convinced as well.
The Cowboys did it with Danny Reeves. Of course, Landry didn't retire, but Reeves was able to coach in the NFL as a result of the process so the plan has worked before.
All that's very nice but I really don't see the Rangers moving Young again so soon and spending big money on Beltre. Given the market this winter I think your contract estimate may be a bit low. No doubt Beltre would improve both the run prevention and the lineup over the present options. Young would be a below average 1B but still better than the 1Bmen TX put out there last year, and I think Moreland might be nearly as good as Vlad in 2011, and will almost certainly be healthier, and of course will be cheaper.
I think many of us would throw a party if Beltre was signed and Young moved to 1B, but I'm not holding my breath.
Oh, and don't forget one of the fringe benefits of signing Beltre -- the Angels wouldn't have him.
I've been an advocate of this for a while. I don't think it's going to happen but outside of keeping Lee it, or something like it, would probably make the biggest improvement in the team for next year.
If Young was mediocre at 3b you wouldn't get a lot, it is the fact that he seems to be really wretched at this point that makes it easier to do.
Rangers' DH/3B problem = Other-Worldly Solution
I had a stroke of genius but it only works if we can get Adrian Beltre or a 100 RBI third basemen. Hear me out, and I really hope Daniels and Wash have already thought of this.
Guerrero needs rest to maintain his explosive bat speed that is the biggest ingredient in his brand of hitting. If we could have got V Mart that would have been perfect because when Treanor catches Vladdy could rest, and V Mart could also have played first against tough lefties. But that's over. I know people have spoken about moving M Young to DH and at first I thought that was ridiculous but now I think it makes tons of sense for this reason: baseball is about rest as much as it is about defense and offense and pitching. Without rest guys can't perform in such a grueling schedule. Young could play DH for 90-100 games and rest the infield and play first (if he could learn) the other 60- 70 games. In my opinion guys need at least 15 days of rest a year to keep them fresh and to stave off injuries. For 4 infield spots that's 60 games a year, all games that Young could play the infield in, and the best part is that it could be done without having an inferior utility bat or glove in the lineup. But if Young plays short, 2nd, 3rd, or 1st who will DH, and the answer is Hamilton (or Cruz or Murph), which would be perfect because that is a solution for the fact we have 4 such talented outfielders. Basically we could rest one of the infielders with Young which keeps his bat in the lineup, move Hambone to DH which gives him rest, and have an outfield of Murph, Borbon, and Cruz. The defense and offense would be just as good as any other day if Borbon can find his bat (but we want to play him anyways), and you get Ham Bone and your position player off his feat. But there's more, you get Borbon in the lineup without removing Ham bone or Murphy from it. Of course to do this we need a 100 RBI third basemen preferably with great defense, once we decide not to return Vladdy we need to go after A Beltre hard.
There are still other benefits though: with Young basically fulfilling the DH/utility infield role for the entire infield we would not need both a corner and middle utility. This frees up room to value hitting depth as opposed to defensive depth on your bench. Or, you could just go with one less infield utility, keeping one ready at Round Rock, and go with an extra bullpen arm which may be the best route because we are shaping up to have too many talented arms to count in the bullpen especially if we get Lee or Greinke or both. An 8 man bullpen could save our good arms when the starting rotation is having difficulties and give us more versatility and match up potential day by day, suddenly there may be room for a Clay Rapada, the Japanese guy, and O'Day. Talk about winning ballgames!
The ripple effects of awesomeness are too many to count. People have traditionally seen the DH as an opportunity to add a big bat and certainly we can't do this if we don't get a big bat like Beltre at third. I think people haven't been creative enough with the DH, if we think outside the box we can have the best of all worlds with a DH like Young. We can have rest without loosing defense and offense, and lots of rest is good for everyone. We can have an 8 man bullpen or an extra bat off the bench. Everyone stays fresh playing 147 games and we are far and above more fresh than everyone else come playoff time. Basically, it would be like playing baseball in the National League style by using the DH in such a versatile role, except without any of the downsides of national league ball.
Well, this has been, for what its worth... One last note, the question is would Young be up for this. Frankly, I think a lack of rest is what effected his offense a little bit last year. Further, he has always been a sacrificial player, one who will do anything to win. This would be the culmination of Michael Young's leadership and the crown jewel of his character, which is a character that represents the community style of ball that the Rangers play. Young would be the archetype, the leader, and guys would be happier as there would be more guys playing, and injuries could be guarded against. The more I think about this the more I think it is best for the team, best to win. Sorry for the dissertation but I feel like there are still benefits to this I haven't yet written!
Joe Horan
Godspeed Mike Olt!
If the Rangers spend lots of money on Belter, many other disappointments will have come to pass.
Whoa... why do you think Beltre would accept a 4 at $15M per? Why would he take any less than what Werth just received? He's going to want, and get, a 6 yr deal in the $120M neighborhood.
I cannot believe Werth is a $120M man... I just can't believe it. His contract sets the stage for Crawford and Lee getting $150M + and Beltre coming in just south of that at $125M.
at those prices, I hope the Rangers stay away from these guys and focus on improving the roster through bargain basement type players and trades.
Pablo, the issue is that there aren't a lot of teams who seem to be in on beltre. He's nixed the Orioles, the A's backed out after a 5 year 64 mil offer was ignored, the Sox can't use him (neither can the yanks). That leave pretty much just the Angels. 15mil for 4 years would be the steal of the offseason considering what others have paid for far less talent, but I wouldn't be surprised if it happened.
crossing my fingers that JD bites the bullet and has the difficult conversation with Young.
The day Young plays any first base, with is matador-like swipe at the ball, is the day that dozens of one hop throws from infielders get passed him and team defense goes in the toilet. Chris Davis plays a much better 3B than Young does.
Vlad for two years, then Young to DH/utility infielder although after that time you may want Hamilton as your full-time DH. Spend Beltre money of Crawford if you must.
2011: Andrus, Crawford, Hamilton, Cruz, Vlad, Kinsler, Young, Moreland and Torrealba.
Dont know if this has ever been brought up, but Joe Crede is supposedly 100% health, he was a pretty solid 3b a few years ago. Any way the Rangers get in on him as a platoon guy?
1) MY can't be an infield "super sub" because he absolutely can't play SS, I wouldn't rust him to play 2B, and 1B is a whole different animal- he may be able to pick those errant throws, or maybe not. We'd have to see. But Moreland is a perfectly good defensive 1B, so why mess with it.
2) I disagree with all of you on Werth. While the length of the deal surprised me, he's a better player than Carl Crawford. He's the #1 rated Type A FA by MLB. He finished in the top-10 in the NL in almost every offensive category last season. He's consistent. He's a proven winner, which gets him a bonus from a losing franchise like Washington. That deal doesn't shock me nearly as much as the deal VMart got or the deal Buck got or the deal Benoit got.
3) I would LOVE to see MY moved to DH and a good defensive 3B brought in. And Beltre at 4/$15m would be a relative value based on the current market. But I don't see the Rangers making this move. I think they will ride Young at 3B for awhile and put their money in pitching or a bopping bat (OF/1B/DH). If they do go after Beltre, it will only be because everything else fell through on them. I also don't see Young accepting this graciously. What about hs move from SS to 3B makes anyone think he would?
4) As for Young moving to player/coach: he's a great leader, a hustle guy, a great clubhouse guy, and a smart player. But he's worth 10s upon 10s of millions of dollars. Is there any reason to believe that he actually WANTS to be a Big League manager? Maybe he does. Or maybe he'd like to live on a beach in Bimini drinking local rum out of a coconut shell. That would be my post-retirement plan if I were a mega-rich aging MLB player. I think it's a bit presumptuous to assume that he wants to spend his life grinding away in the much more thankless job of MLB manager (as opposed to player) for 1/5th of what he currently makes as a player.
5) Infield defense doesn't win championships. Pitching wins championships. Spend your money on Lee, Greinke, maybe Soriano, maybe make a move for another young ace, starter, etc.
15 million a year for Beltre would be overpaying for sure, and my gut says Daniels won't do it unless it was a 2 or 3 year deal. So how about this. Sign Crawford, and trade Borbon for a 3rd baseman? Then you get a bat in Crawford and still move Young to DH/Infield utility. In that scenario a fix- him-up bat like Reynolds at 3rd would not cause one to throw up for the number of strikeouts there. I don't know whether Crawford would really fit in though, I just don't know enough about him, but when we played the Rays they seemed arrogant and entitled....he could have been a big part of that.
Andrus
Young
Hambone
Cruz
Kinsler
Crawford
Moreland
Reynolds
Yorvit
@David - I agree with you. Why do people automatically awesome that because someone once played 3B or SS or catcher or the OF, they can play 1B. I don't think MY would make a good 1B at all.
@Scooby - have you been eating Scooby Snacks... or smoking them? Take a look at Jayson Werth's stats. He's been a standout the last 2 or 3 years. Prior to that he was very average or slightly above average. He is NOT better than Carl Crawford... and he's not really any better than Adrian Beltre. He's a good player going to a bad team with lots of money... period!
I don't like the idea of signing Crawford. I didn't like it before the Werth deal, and using the Elias rankings to show that Werth is more valuable then Crawford makes Rafeal Soriano the most valuable FA in the market this year which just isn't the case. Crawford makes in the 8/160 range now I bet. I just don't feel that he is worth that for a COF who is on nagging leg injury away from having a very limited value, especially when we already have two good COF and a pretty good 4th OF that is limited to COF duties.
I would be curious to see what the BBTiA writers think of the Red Sox/Gonzo trade. The prospects going to San Diego appear to be good ones... but did the Red Sox trade away any sure bets?
Speaking of trades; I have no idea what type of person Prince Fielder is... and I know he will be a free agent soon... but judging by what the Sox gave the Padres for Gonzalez, is there any reason to believe the Rangers couldn't make a trade (with Milwaukee) for something like the following?
Tommy Hunter
Mitch Moreland
Robbie Erlin
@joe,How is 4 years 15 million overpaying? I mean, in this market, that would be vastly underpaying...not to mention the average salary of the top players at their position (which undoubtedly Beltre is one of the top 3B in baseball). Then, you suggest that would be overpaying for Beltre, and then think Crawford is the better option? Crawford will get 20 mil per- and you are competing with the Red Sox, Yankees, and many others for his services. The next "most likely to get overpaid" player must be Crawford.
What makes Beltre particularly interesting is that its seems his market has dried up, and there's a chance someone could land him for something like 15 mil per year. Which is a steal considering what others are getting.
I'm struggling to understand how people are against this. The rangers led the majors in OPS by their outfield. They have young players there that are very good (defensively and offesnsively), with a great 4th outfielder. All the while, 3b was a gaping hole for the rangers this year (who might have singlehandedly lost them a playoff game). Beltre was literally the best 3B in baseball last year, and you don't want to do it???
20 million a year for Crawford would be overpaying for him too, but I'm not sure that he will necessarily get that. Just because the Nationals are desperate doesn't mean the rest of us have to follow like blind sheep down the side of a cliff. Honestly I think the Beltre scenario and the Crawford/Reynolds scenario both have their positives and negatives, and I'm just throwing them out there. Personally I'm inclined to go with the Beltre scenario and keep our outfield intact, but offensively it is true that Beltre is overrated. Maybe 4 yrs at 13 or 14 million? If his market has really dried up he's not going to get 4 years at 15. Of course is we were willing to go for a 3 year deal I could see 15 or even 16 as reasonable.
correction: if he were willing to go for a 3 year deal that is
Aggiecurt
I suspect the problem is some people still see with too big of fan eyes on Young. For years Young was pretty much the heart, soul and best player. He may still be the heart and soul but he is now in the bottom half of the starters.
I think the other problem is people want sexy. Beltre isn't a sexy FA addition. Crawford is a huge name, so people want him.
I honestly agree with the idea that Beltre would be the biggest positional addition we could get this off season. But I don't think its going to happen.
hmm.... Werth just finished in the top-8 in the NL in doubles, extra-base hits, runs, OPS, and OBP, with solid D and double-digit steals. Crawford is close, but I'd rather have Werth.
Now 7 years for a 32-year-old corner OF, yeah, that's highly suspect. But I'd marginally rather have Werth.
@Joe Horan
What 3B could you trade for? That is a black hole across MLB.
I had some interest in Juan Uribe, before he got 3/$21m, which was a major overpay. Not sure what you could do now.
@Scooby - I'm not disagreeing that Werth is a very good player... but to say he's been consistently better than Crawford, over the length of their careers, is inaccurate.
Regardless of who is better, they are going to be over-paid... but if I had to put money on it, I'd bet the last 1-2 years of Crawford's contract is going to look alot better than Werth's. I don't think there's any question Werth's contract will 1 day become an albatross to the Nationals... but I don't think you could predict that for the team that signs Crawford. Assuming he signs for 6 or 7 years, which is likely, he may very well be in line for another fat contract when this one ends... I don't think you can say the same for Werth.
Rooster, Reynolds has been mentioned as a 3B trade possibility from the D Backs, and I think if you added a quality bat like Crawford his 200 strikeouts a year might not induce automatic vomiting. Joe
3rd baseman trade targets or FA aquisitions to chew on:
Beltre
A. Ramirez
Kouzmanoff
E. Chavez
LaRoche
Lowell
J. Fields
Keppinger
Wiggington
Glaus
All of these players would allow us to move MY to DH, with an OF consisting of Cruz RF, Borbon CF, Hamilton LF, Murphy is 4th OF. infield of Mooreland at 1st, Kinsler at 2nd, Andrus at SS, and fill in at 3rd.
E. Encarnacion
Cantu?
Basically people there are 4 viable options for the DH/3B problem with various positives and negatives unless you want to trade someone that people would freak out about.
1 Sign Konerko's big bat and he can back up Moreland (a guy who should be playing every day, probably, so that doesn't look all that good to me but the value of that big bat can't be understated).
2 Sign Vlad to a two year deal (you get his bat but virtually no other benefits). If I were Vlad I would take a 1 year if they would give it to me. Vladdy, they are not going to give you a 2 year because of their 3B problem, PERIOD. If you want to play with TX next year take the 1 year if they will give it to you, but they may not even do that!
3 Sign A Beltre and move M Young to DH/Corner utility (the list of positives is very very long as my first post indicated)
4 Sign Crawford and trade for Reynolds to play third while moving M Young to DH/Corner utility (similar positives to option 3 but personally I think whoever will land Crawford will overpay and his bat is not THAT much better than Beltre's. Also, I like Murphy as an everyday left fielder while you play Borbon when M Young fills in at 3rd, 2nd, and 1st, and yes even SS. M. Young could play SS, and a very inferior SS for 10 to 15 games a year is a small price to pay for all of the benefits of having M Young as a super sub/DH. And of course he can play second, whatever Scooby. The point is that you don't need Andrus type defense for those 10 to 15 games a year. Of course if M Young could learn 1st it would make the super sub idea much more likely especially with a manager like Wash who is rightly so a fanatical defensive fundamentals guy.
Personally, I like option 3. It would be one of the most well rested, most balanced, most dangerous lineups in baseball with a defensive boost at 3rd, and an out of sight outfield especially if Borbon can find his bat. But will Beltre take 4 yrs at 12-13 million?, or 2 to 3 years at 15 million? V mart only got 12.5 million, I know his defense isn't as good, but Beltre shouldn't get more than 13 for a long deal or 15 for a short deal. Beltre's defense is offset by V Mart's offense and they look about even on the market. That's why Beltre's market is drying up, because GM's know he's not worth 5 yrs at 15-17 million, or even 4 for that matter.
Beltre would be a big mistake. Hoping he is not on the Ranger's radar.
Hamija,
Problem is that you need an above average bat to offset the negative of losing a Konerko/Vladdy type bat at DH. A lot of the guys you mentioned wouldn't come close to cutting it. But I think A Beltre, while being overrated offensively, is still above average with the bat, and his defense is great.
Joe
Reynolds is off the trade market, he went to the Orioles. Option 4 crashed and burned but maybe one of Hamija's mentions could fill the hole.
Thanks for the various comments guys. I think my comment might have come off as a bit agressive, which I did not intend. Thanks for the patience.
@stu- how so? I don't understand these statements particularly in the context of the incredibly well thought out article by Joey. I mean, I understand these comments on standard websites because they naively have bought into the lie that "Beltre is only good in contract years." Given that Joey just completely shredded that argument and showed how even if Beltre regresses, the added benefit over who he is replacing would make him a huge add on to the rangers. So then, where does your proclamation without any reasoning fit into this comment section?
Btw - It was Pras who wrote the article. (entrenching official nickname).
And the O's gave up 2 RPs for Reynolds. Looks like the trade market wasn't so hot for Reynolds. Gotta believe that if JD wanted Reynolds he could've got him on the cheap.
@ Pabloesque: I agree about the back end of a Werth or Crawford contract, I just think the back end is being overvalued by many for 3 reasons.
1) Revenues will be up by an undetermined amount. $17mil in 2016 may not be as big as it looks now.
2) Face's useless contract will be gone.
3) The window is now. For the next 3-4 years, we are WS contenders every year. After that, either the kids (Perez, Sceppers, Feliz as a starter, Profar, Beltre, Erlin, Ross, Olt, etc) will have "hit" in some combination, and we'll be able to absorb a couple of big, dead contracts (a la San Francisco and the Zito contract), or they will have mostly "missed", and we'll be screwed either way.
Young will be the starting 3B in 2011, and probably 2012.
Not sure why there is so much conjecture, I honestly don't think there is much of a story here.
Young will be the starting 3B in 2011, and probably 2012.
Not sure why there is so much conjecture, I honestly don't think there is much of a story here.
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MY is a GG'er. MY is the Face! MY is the best! MY is MY! MY needs 2" less grass in Arlington infield!
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