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Found June 02, 2009 on Simon On Sports: Yardbarker Blogger Network
David Ortiz is Worth Negative $5.2 Million Dollars
TEAMS: Tampa Bay Rays,  Boston Red Sox
PLAYERS: Evan Longoria,  David Ortiz
The website FanGraphs provides many new statistics, from plate discipline stats, to replacement level stats to, to win probability added, etc. One of my favorite stats is dollar amount a player would make in free agency. So the current leader for fielders is Evan Longoria, and he would be worth $14.6 million dollars in the market. So what would Mr. Ortiz deserve if he was in the open market right now? $-5.2 million dollars. Yep, he would have to pay someone over $5.2 million dollars for him t...
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  • HarryPotter
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    HarryPotter said June 02, 2009

    man what could the red sox do with 5.2 million dollars, oh i know, buy more steroids
  • Jamestime1
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    Jamestime1 said June 02, 2009

    For all David Ortiz has given to Boston I am wishing him nothing but the best.
  • FRANCHISE

    FRANCHISE said June 02, 2009

    He's thru....

  • Yazz2006 said June 03, 2009

    If Big Papi can not turn it around, soon and very soon, we give him the opportunity to move to a new role with dignity, advanced scouting????.....but we can not allow the output of the DH to be at the level it currently is....
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