Abreu's asking price? Reportedly, 3yr/48 million
by Tommy Rancel on Dec 15, 2008 6:20 PM EST
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PrintKen Rosenthal passes this note about Bobby Abreu.
Bobby Abreu has produced six straight 100-RBI seasons, averaged 159 games the past eight years and built a .405 career on-base percentage.
Why, then, isn't he getting more play on the free-agent market?
Evidently, his price is too high.
Abreu, who turns 35 on March 11, is looking for a three-year, $48 million contract, one executive says.
Wow, if that is the truth then we can surely cross him off the list, at least for now. Abreu is a great hitter, no doubt, but that is a little ridiculous for a 35 year old who's defense rivals that of Shelly Duncan and Jack Cust. While still a very good hitter, his wOBA has average out to .364 over the past two years, which is good, but still about .30 points below his career mark. Maybe divide that $48 million by three and shave off a year and we can talk.
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48 divided by 3 is 13, and 3-1 is 2, so 2/13MM?
I don’t think Abreu comes at under 7MM per year.
"And you just don't get it, you keep it copacetic..."
I fail at numbers sometimes.
My brain is still recovering from exams and this make-up paper I have to do.
2/16 sounds more reasonable.
"And you just don't get it, you keep it copacetic..."
He made 18 million last year.
Of course he’s not going to want to take a big pay cut. But if that price is firm, he might just go ahead and hang them up.
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Sign Bonds!
Even being generous with his defense I have Abreu as a 2.2 WAR player in LF.
2.5 as a DH. That’s last year. Going forward he’s probably closer to 1.75-2 in LF and 2-2.25 at DH. His market value is around $11.5mm if he’s a DH (and after putting up a -25.9 UZR/150 last year I sure hope he’s a DH) on a 3 year deal. He’s asking for $16mm a year? Really. Crazy.
WOW!
Abreau’s agent must be on a great acid trip wanting that kind of dinero for a 36 yr old, slow, poor defensive player. Ship him back to the Yanks, I wouldn’t give him more than 2 yrs @ $4m per season.
Bank on it:
1. Sox trade Dye for prospects.
2. Sox fill spot internally – Owens, Anderson, Wise, Quentin OF.
3. Sox sign 4th starter, Bartolo Colon. Roster complete.
Why?
The Sox can keep Dye, why would they trade him? He’s a crusher. Colon? I heard he was tipping the scales at 415lbs.
Don’t see any of those moves happening. EHHHHHHHHH! You get the ::::BUZZER::::
Further: Colon had a 4.34 FIP last season, that's 0.14 points better than AL SP average.
If he can give a team 100 innings that’s valuable.
by R.J. Anderson on Dec 16, 2008 8:09 PM EST up reply actions
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