12-05-2010, 06:28 PM
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Agree to Disagree
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Originally Posted by alnorth
In other news, The freaking nationals just handed a massive contract to Jayson Werth. 7 years, $126MM. 31 years old, right field, 5.2 WAR (bbl ref) 5.0 WAR (fangraphs), basically all offense (his glove is replacement-level). He'll probably be high-800 OPS.
Figure a WAR is worth about 4.5, discount to 4 due to his position, and assume he has already peaked, he's probably getting exactly what he's worth for the next couple years, but the Nats are taking a risk that the contract will look bad after that.
If Werth can get that at age 31 in RF, then Crawford is going to get PAID.
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So basically the Nationals did exactly what Rany suggested the Royals do, only for a worse (older) player. |
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