Maybe, but let's face it. Pedroia at 90% is JAG.
Therefore when the banana boy gets bruised, he needs to go to the dl and not try to play through these bruises, because he is hurting the team!
$15M is not a whole lot of money even for an aging Pedey. He makes $12M his last year. By then, that may be the minimum pay.
He's been worth ever penny and then some.
The breakdowns hurt- no doubt, but I thought the extension was a steal (for us).
It was.
$12mill for Pedroia could not have been allocated to bring in a superstar. Based on last year's prices, for about $12mill, the Sox could have signed Bartolo Colon or Matt Holliday or Edinson Volquez.
Actually, for $12mill, the Sox could NOT have signed Colon or Holliday, as both received offers slightly higher...
$12.5M 2014 (was going to make $10M)
609 PAs .712 OPS/ 4.1 WAR
$12.5M 2015 (had $11M option with $500K buyout)
425 PAs .797 OPS/ 2.6 WAR
$13M 2016
698 PAs .825 OPS/ 5.4 WAR
$15M 2017
463 PAs .760 OPS/ 1.9 WAR
$16M 2018
$15M 2019
$13M 2020
$12M 2021
fangraphs value:
2014: $31.3M
2015: $20.7M
2016: $42.8M
2017: $15.4M
Even though we probably agree these numbers are inflated, he still has clearly earned the money, so far, and then some.
It always sucks to see the former stars stumble around as injured or aged stars. You guys haven’t had too much of that. Ortiz retired after one of his best seasons. Manny was moved in his prime. Pedro left after a WS title. We have seen this far too often in NYY. Jeter, Tex, ARod, Pettitte to a degree, Posada. They all played their final season or seasons as a shell of themselves. The only real guy to retire on top was Mo. Pedey is a small guy. The little guys grind down faster. You don’t have a choice but to ride 2018 our with him, but if he looks gimpy, then buy him out at year’s end
"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
No doubt a lot of people on this board love pedroia, but we have to be realistic about what he is capable of doing over next several years, which is basically break down earlier and earlier every year.
If we had passed on signing pedroia to a long term contract, betts would be playing 2nd, benintendi in right field and we probably have a power hitter in left field.
Long term contracts, even with team friendly terms, rarely work for the team.