Post by Chris - D-Town Diamond Dusters on Jan 16, 2014 23:31:41 GMT -8
Interesting topic in my opinion. Should Detroit extend Miggy? Or Max? Or both? Or Neither? In the changing landscape of MLB, this is a tough one. Made even tougher with my personal interest in the matter. Both would command deals likely in the 8-10 year range, with an AAV well north of $20m. That is a ton of dough.
Scherzer: Honestly, this is the tougher call for me. ACE level pitching is tough to find. Especially when you already have one (JV) locked up. The FA market is not looking great for the next few years, and the Tigers do not have any stud MLB ready prospects. Max turns 30 in July, which is a concern with anything longer than 5-6 years. Even that is pushing it. If kept to 6/$140m or so, I hold my breath but accept it as the going rate for an Ace. If he demands more, and my hunch is that he will, I let him walk and take the 1st round pick when the Yankees sign him as a FA.
Cabrera: When I take sentimentals out of the equation, this is really an easy call for me. He's locked up for two more years at a reasonable rate for what he does. When he hits free agency, he'd be 32.5 years old. The deal that he would command would almost assuredly be in the 10/$280m ballpark. WAAAAAY too rich for my blood, even if he is pretty much my favorite player on my favorite team. I can't wrap my mind around him being anything more than a DH by the time he is 35. And paying an average of $28m (or more) per year for the age 35-42 seasons of a DH scares me to death. If DD can get him to sign something along the lines of 8/$215 tomorrow, I dig it. He may DH for those last three or so years, but he should still be raking at age 37-38. Age 41-42? Probably not so much.
Here is another case where I am willing to cut my losses in two years. If this drags on and he then demands 10+ years, I let him walk. OR.... I trade him this offseason. Get a MLB ready and projectable SP (to replace Max), a 2B of the same mold, and a couple of other pieces. move Kinsler to 1B. Sounds crazy, even just to type, but I don't think it's completely out of the realm.
What say the rest of you?
Scherzer: Honestly, this is the tougher call for me. ACE level pitching is tough to find. Especially when you already have one (JV) locked up. The FA market is not looking great for the next few years, and the Tigers do not have any stud MLB ready prospects. Max turns 30 in July, which is a concern with anything longer than 5-6 years. Even that is pushing it. If kept to 6/$140m or so, I hold my breath but accept it as the going rate for an Ace. If he demands more, and my hunch is that he will, I let him walk and take the 1st round pick when the Yankees sign him as a FA.
Cabrera: When I take sentimentals out of the equation, this is really an easy call for me. He's locked up for two more years at a reasonable rate for what he does. When he hits free agency, he'd be 32.5 years old. The deal that he would command would almost assuredly be in the 10/$280m ballpark. WAAAAAY too rich for my blood, even if he is pretty much my favorite player on my favorite team. I can't wrap my mind around him being anything more than a DH by the time he is 35. And paying an average of $28m (or more) per year for the age 35-42 seasons of a DH scares me to death. If DD can get him to sign something along the lines of 8/$215 tomorrow, I dig it. He may DH for those last three or so years, but he should still be raking at age 37-38. Age 41-42? Probably not so much.
Here is another case where I am willing to cut my losses in two years. If this drags on and he then demands 10+ years, I let him walk. OR.... I trade him this offseason. Get a MLB ready and projectable SP (to replace Max), a 2B of the same mold, and a couple of other pieces. move Kinsler to 1B. Sounds crazy, even just to type, but I don't think it's completely out of the realm.
What say the rest of you?
