Price will still choke in the playoffs, even for $217 mill. And that is if the Red Sox make it. The Nats tried to buy the playoffs with pitching last year & it didn't work out so well.
I'm just glad the Cards got a good backup for Molina at catcher as he is getting older. Last year he played too many games. Pena had a good year for the Reds & batted .273 with a fielding % of .999 on 715 chances.
That 3-year opt-out is weird. Why would he ever do that in a $31 AAV deal at age 33? The contract isn't front-loaded or anything. Yearly payout is $30M, $30M, $30M, $31M, $32M, $32M, and $32M, according to ESPN.
hot take followed by praise of a shitty backup because of his fielding percentage. well done.
Os seem to be closing in on Clevenger for Trumbo. Sounds like the Chris Davis era may be over. Wieters taking QO makes trade possible.
The cards apparently were the second best offer for Price
is it weird that im sad KC is losing our beat writer to the LA Times?
Price will still choke in the playoffs, even for $217 mill. And that is if the Red Sox make it. The Nats tried to buy the playoffs with pitching last year & it didn't work out so well.
I'm just glad the Cards got a good backup for Molina at catcher as he is getting older. Last year he played too many games. Pena had a good year for the Reds & batted .273 with a fielding % of .999 on 715 chances.
Gonna be interesting in five years to measure which was the worse contract between Price and Scherzer. I'd bet Greinke gets a higher AAV but fewer years for sure.