Earlier today, Duque wrote:
The Tigers signed [Gleyber] Torres for a one-year, $15 million, "show us what you got" deal - a surprise to no one
This got me thinking about another shows-early-promise-but-later-disappoints Yankee, Gary Sánchez. I went to Baseball-Reference.com and, while he was shown in a Milwaukee uniform, was surprised to read that his current team was listed as the Baltimore Orioles.
I learned that, on December 10, 2024, 32-year old Sánchez signed a one–year, $8.5 million contract with the O's as a backup catcher.
Some quick arithmetic on my cellphone tells me that the O's think Sánchez has about 56.7% of whatever Torres has.
Sounds a little high to me.
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LBJ! That's some advanced mathematics. I see the worth/value of Gleyber and Dirty Sanchez - combined, mind you - somewhere around the price of roll of rain-soaked toilet paper sitting by the side of a muddy backroad in Georgia.
Interesting, LBJ. And this speaks to another problem we've talked about with the Yankees, and the majors in general: the propensity to shell out what is still amazing money for guys who are dead in the water.
The Orioles don't have anyone in their system who is better than Sanchez and would cost almost $8 million less? (The current MLB minimum is $740,000.) The Yanks are willing to shell out $12.5 mill for Paul Goldschmidt, but not risk $740,000 on T.J. Rumfield, their productive, Triple-A first sacker?
All their ideas about player worth and risk assessment are cockeyed. The Yanks constantly sign and start aging, declining ballplayers, rather than every risking bringing up a player maybe a year too early. Many other teams are the same.
Hoss: Agree 100%. I started to write a few sentences about this phenomenon but decided that the subject was worth a whole post by itself. I don't get it either. "Cockeyed" is pretty much what it is.
Love to see that post, LBJ. Yeah, it's nuts—particularly for owners who always profess to be worried about their bottom lines.
T.J. Rumfield bats left, doesn't strike out, has a bit of pop and hits for average. Cashman's Yankees have no use for a guy like that. Ask again in another 12 years, when he's famous and fading. Then, the Intern will be all in for a reunion. In-between, he's trade bait.
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