If you're like me, right about now you're staring out the window at the falling snow, constantly refreshing the university website to see if today has been called off. No dice. Unfortunately, college students are expected to traverse the ice and snow for a 50 minute class, while high schoolers taking the bus get to go sledding. It's so... egalitarian.
The Albert Pujols saga continues. Kind of like the NFL lockout, nobody has any f***** clue what's going to happen in the next three months. It's a little discouraging to hear so many people bypass this season completely to talk about where he might go. Cubs? Yankees? Giants? I'm just going to throw it out there that we can't rule out Japan.
No, Albert is staying here. DeWitt and Mozeliak are too smart to let such a valuable business asset leave with little compensation. Wait... did I just suggest he could be a trade target? At this point, you can't really exclude the possibility. The greater bet is on a massive new deal at the start of Spring Training. He's 31-years-old (Sunday was his birthday), and a new 7-year deal would take him pretty much to the point of retirement, plus or minus 2 years.
Albert has been consistently worth $30+ million in terms of player value, according to FanGraphs. In fact, last year ($29.3 million) was the first season since 2005 ($26.8 million) that he didn't eclipse the $30 million mark, and he's been worth an average of $35 million over the past 5 seasons. That's not including the massive marketing potential he has for the team, which could, without a doubt, be estimated in the millions of dollars.
Everyone has been using the newest A-Rod deal to benchmark Albert's next contract, and I don't know if Albert is worth drastically more than A-Rod, who has a front-loaded deal that averages $27.5 million over 10 years. If I'm Mozeliak, I use the same strategy: a seven-year deal, front-loaded at an average salary of $30 million. That's puts him in the $210 million range, which is the number that's been thrown around lately. A word to Mo and DeWitt: it's worth it. It's #$&%*@! worth it.
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The Albert Pujols saga continues. Kind of like the NFL lockout, nobody has any f***** clue what's going to happen in the next three months. It's a little discouraging to hear so many people bypass this season completely to talk about where he might go. Cubs? Yankees? Giants? I'm just going to throw it out there that we can't rule out Japan.
No, Albert is staying here. DeWitt and Mozeliak are too smart to let such a valuable business asset leave with little compensation. Wait... did I just suggest he could be a trade target? At this point, you can't really exclude the possibility. The greater bet is on a massive new deal at the start of Spring Training. He's 31-years-old (Sunday was his birthday), and a new 7-year deal would take him pretty much to the point of retirement, plus or minus 2 years.
Albert has been consistently worth $30+ million in terms of player value, according to FanGraphs. In fact, last year ($29.3 million) was the first season since 2005 ($26.8 million) that he didn't eclipse the $30 million mark, and he's been worth an average of $35 million over the past 5 seasons. That's not including the massive marketing potential he has for the team, which could, without a doubt, be estimated in the millions of dollars.
Everyone has been using the newest A-Rod deal to benchmark Albert's next contract, and I don't know if Albert is worth drastically more than A-Rod, who has a front-loaded deal that averages $27.5 million over 10 years. If I'm Mozeliak, I use the same strategy: a seven-year deal, front-loaded at an average salary of $30 million. That's puts him in the $210 million range, which is the number that's been thrown around lately. A word to Mo and DeWitt: it's worth it. It's #$&%*@! worth it.
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