I meant to touch on this nugget last week, but for some reason I forgot about it. In this chat on WEEI, former Red Sox GM Dan Duquette is asked a (somewhat) simple question and gives a rather startling response:
12:19 [Comment From JeremyJeremy: ]Who would value more, Jason Bay or Matt Holliday?(My interpretation: As a GM, who would you value more, Jason Bay or Matt Holliday?Dan Duquette:Jason Bay performed in both the NL and AL, and Matt Holliday has only established that he can perform in the NL. With those two going into the market probably Bay will do a little bit better than Holliday because he performed in both leagues.
Does that logic make any sense at all? Outside of Jason Bay's agent, it's accepted throughout the baseball community that Matt Holliday is the superior player and in turn, the best free agent on the free agent market.Should teams be willing to pay more for Jason Bay because he played in a great situation in Boston, was surrounded by potent hitters for...
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