Please learn about the economics of baseball, and how players a valued before you make any more comments about how much a player is worth.

Big numbers =/= bad contracts.

If I offered you Google for $56M would you say that’s a bad deal because $56M is a lot of money? Nope. You’d factor in how much Google was worth before…

This would be A-rods prime contract.

The first 8 years* of the $262M deal he signed with the Rangers, ARod created about $109M in SURPLUS value. That means he was being paid a lot of money, and still earned his contract.

3.5 WAR according to fWAR, the generally more respected of the WARs

Actually, they’re most often very closely tied to production. That you don’t understand this doesn’t mean it is untrue.

For example. Rich Hill needs to produce a hair more the 6 WAR over the duration of the 3-yr contract.

For example Jason Heyward hit horribly (and is likely not to create surplus value in the final…

My “favorite” stats-based comments always start “if you remove...”
Because I love eating freshly picked cherries.

Freelancer, with persecution complex, does not get renewed contract. Thinks this is the same as being fired.

I always like to ask...if white folks are superior, how can they be in danger of extinction? These seem to be contradictory ideas, no?

I know they won’t have an answer. And/or don’t care. But it’s still a fun way to troll them irl.