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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Rays Annual - PDF - for free, plus reliever valuation
I love, just love, how fans of a team come together, and put something like this. And, to do it for free is pretty crazy frankly. But, thank god for crazy people. There are plenty of PITCHf/x articles in there. Here’s one article I quite enjoyed, as we were just talking about the topic just minutes ago:
Really, you have to look at free agent signings to see how the open market values a late-inning reliever. And here’s the bad news for those that like the bauble of a late-inning stopper. Of the 33 relievers that were on free-agent contracts in 2009, only Mark Hendrickson, Jon Rauch, Jeremy Affeldt, Arthur Rhodes, Kiko Calero, Rafael Betancourt, Chan Ho Park, Darren Oliver and Trevor Hoffman were worth their contracts. That doesn’t seem like a good success rate, especially considering some of the salaries and years handed out to the likes of Francisco Cordero (-$5.53 million net value) and Francisco Rodriguez (-$7.67 million net value). It would take a comprehensive look at salaries and other position players to say any more than the vague “it seems like a bad idea to pay late-inning relievers a lot of money.”
I’d loved to have seen the full data, including the non-free agents. Eno Sarris: any chance you can post this somewhere?
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