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Gabe Kapler's Deal Versus His Peers: Mark Kotsay Edition

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Trying out a regular feature of sorts here. Basically, anytime a role-playing corner outfielder with a major league track record is signed, we'll compare the contract to Gabe Kapler's one-year $1.05M deal. By the time the off-season gets rolling this will probably be forgotten, but for today at least, it is well and alive.

The White Sox re-signed Mark Kotsay today for one-year and $1.5M, or a difference in salary of $450K. Kotsay is left-handed and will soon turn 34-years-old (like Kapler) but over the past three seasons has combined to hit .260/.315/.372 in 868 plate appearances. Defensively he plays a fine first base, asking anything else of him is asking for too much. He's a platoon hitter at this point, as you can see below, and he's not too poor against righties, however insert a lefty and Kotsay is an automatic out.

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Compare this to Kapler, who's hit .268/.336/.443 over his last three seasons (630 PA) and plays above average defense in the corners. Kapler hits the opposite hand better than Kotsay and is even superior against the same hand - Kotsay's death bed scene is going to involve cursing those of the unnatural dexterity -- despite a rough 2009.  He's a superior player by every means and for whatever reason Kotsay is making almost half of a million more than him.

Kapler wins this round.

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I would have to guess they are at least using him correctly

Given his vs. All is almost in sync with his vs. righties. Probably even better than Kapler has been used, just looking at the gaps.

I'm not really a NUMBERS guy!!

by Andy Hellicksonstine on Nov 5, 2009 12:31 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

That red line is hysterical.

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by PlayOnWords on Nov 5, 2009 12:36 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but how hott is kapler's wife?

I’m sure she ain’t no Jamie Kotsay!

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by stanleygoober on Nov 5, 2009 2:38 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

haha the royals got josh fields and chris getz

Dayton Moore is off to a great start this offseason lol not!

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by RaysOfHope on Nov 5, 2009 3:25 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Unloading the salary is the best part of it

Fields and Getz are barely above replacement level. I like the deal for Chicago.

I'm not really a NUMBERS guy!!

by Andy Hellicksonstine on Nov 5, 2009 4:53 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Teahen has barely been above replacement level too.

He’s the better player right now, but I don’t think either side is going to remember this as a great deal.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 5, 2009 5:00 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Absolutely, none of these guys are good. I just think it helps the White Sox more, both now, and later.

Fields is worse than Jacobs and I’m sure they have an all glove-and-speed/no-hit guy already in their system. To me this reads as a straight salary dump, masqueraded as an acquiring of talent. Anybody that thinks Dayton Moore all of a sudden figured out this whole GM thing needs to take off their Kaufman glasses.

I'm not really a NUMBERS guy!!

by Andy Hellicksonstine on Nov 5, 2009 5:03 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Not sure anyone is going that far.

I just don’t think Teahen is all that good anymore and I also think Getz has the chance to be a decent bench player.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 5, 2009 5:06 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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