March 16, 20224 yr 8 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: Kosuke Fukudome 2.0 Wasn’t he quite useful for them?
March 16, 20224 yr ah, but will he be better than the sheets/vaughn/engel platoon in right? Hahn doesnt think so.
March 16, 20224 yr 9 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: Wasn’t he quite useful for them? I believe he averaged around a 1.0 WAR for them over 4 years. My guess is they would expect more out of Suzuki.
March 16, 20224 yr 9 minutes ago, Tony said: I believe he averaged around a 1.0 WAR for them over 4 years. My guess is they would expect more out of Suzuki. Fair enough, blame my memory here.
March 16, 20224 yr 32 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: Kosuke Fukudome 2.0 Suzuki is 4 years younger than Fukudome was when he signed.
March 16, 20224 yr Heyward must be available. Many of the GMs on this board who chided RH last year when he signed Eaton, wanted the Sox to get Heyward. He's even cheaper now.
March 16, 20224 yr My hope is that he’s closer to a young Hideki Matsui as opposed to Kosuke. This is the first thing I’ve been excited about Cub wise since we signed Yu Darvish. I’ve been following Japanese baseball avidly since Kosuke and have even been to two Japanese World Series. Conforto is probably a better player and the draft pick compensation isn’t a concern for a team in their window like the Sox. Conforto makes much more sense and I’m hoping the Sox get him and trade for Castillo
March 16, 20224 yr 27 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: Fair enough, blame my memory here. His first three years with the Cubs, 5 fWAR over around 430ish games, roughly 1.9 per season…essentially 2. His original contract was 4/$48, so if you value FA fWAR at 1 unit being worth roughly $7.5-8.0 million, it was at least a fair deal for the Cubs until his final season there when age started to catch up with him. Melky Cabrera had a similar contract in terms of overall value and only ended up contributing around 2.3 fWAR total to the Sox after a 3.9, 4.5 and 3.1 along with one slightly negative year in the four preceding his Sox deal.
March 16, 20224 yr I was pretty close! Obviously a ton of risk with a signing like this, but this is the safest Japanese hitter to come over since Matsui. Hard to hate the idea of taking a similar gamble that we took on Abreu.
March 16, 20224 yr 14 minutes ago, Eminor3rd said: I was pretty close! Obviously a ton of risk with a signing like this, but this is the safest Japanese hitter to come over since Matsui. Hard to hate the idea of taking a similar gamble that we took on Abreu. Maybe, call me crazy, having an example of a player who just doesn’t make fundamental mistakes (especially in the outfield) would have been a positive influence on his teammates. Madrigal was supposed to provide this, but it never materialized, as he probably turned off more of his teammates.
March 16, 20224 yr Just now, chitownsportsfan said: Exciting deal for Cubs. , Yep, I'd be very pleased with this deal.
March 16, 20224 yr 2 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Just got a MLB notice that says 5/$85M…is that true? And with the posting fee, it will cost them $100M for 5 years. That's a helluva commitment from them. ?
March 16, 20224 yr I never wanted him on the RH-heavy Sox, even assuming errantly that the FO was in that market. (Assuming 85 mil) I think in the end the contract is a slight overpay to spot on, but never a discount. His ZiPS numbers seem to fit the player I see. Ohtani is by far the most aesthetically MLB hitter to come out of Japan. Suzuki I think would need to kill it defensively and be particularly healthy, and then he'd be a great asset. 2 hours ago, Quin said: Padres fans on reddit are straight up not having a good time right now. Padres Reddit sounds like a bad milieu in general Edited March 16, 20224 yr by KBX
March 16, 20224 yr 49 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Just got a MLB notice that says 5/$85M…is that true? 45 minutes ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said: And with the posting fee, it will cost them $100M for 5 years. That's a helluva commitment from them. ? Ok that’s definitely a bit higher than 5/70. I guess I wasn’t all that close, haha.
March 16, 20224 yr 5/100 is really too much for those projections...but the fan interest he brings from Japan on their cute network probably will more than cover the slight overpay. Hope he pans out for them, but also not comfortable with that commitment for Sox on him.
March 16, 20224 yr 6 minutes ago, KBX said: Padres Reddit sounds like a bad milieu in general I mean, after their season...they just missed Suzuki, have two albatrosses that they'll need to attach prospects to unload, and their franchise star broke his wrist (on top of a chronic shoulder injury) riding motorcycles and he doesn't seem to take it seriously. They make Soxtalk look like the Rick Hahn Fan Club.
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