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ARE YOU F-ING KIDDING ME?!? (d-lowe offer)

THATS IT?!? You can get Derek Lowe for 3 years and 36?!? DOUG!!! SWOOP IN!!! 4 years at 50 should do it. GET THAT MAN IN HERE NOW!!!

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Doesn't he want to go to the East coast?

And you know Boras will slowly drag offers between the Mets and Sox, maybe Philly and might engage a team like the Brewers just to run up the price even if there is no realistic chance or willingness for him to come here.

by ol Pete on Dec 31, 2008 9:04 AM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I see it as unlikely

That he’ll sign for this.

On the plus side, if he does, that puts the market value of a guy like Sheets somewhere in the $8 mil annual range.

I don't specifically articulate my motives, because that wouldn't travel as well as a boo does.

by KLSnow on Dec 31, 2008 9:14 AM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

which means

a 2 year deal at what he got last year + an option year with a decent raise could get him back in the fold. So it could be conceivable to get him at a 2 year 25 mil deal with an option at about 15 mil would be something he’d jump at in a heartbeat considering the market

I just sit back and root for the taser

by Hyatt on Dec 31, 2008 9:23 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This would be amazing

Sheets at 10 mil per year only has to throw about 150 innings for us to go into the positives on the investment. In the last four years, his lowest WAR was 2.5. Even if you assume he throws 150ish innings at 2007 levels (worst of his recent career), he’s worth about $12 mil. The risk is that he starts getting injured and missing large portions of the year. I think the benefits of getting a potential 5 WAR pitcher on a $10 mil deal outweighs all of the risk and then some.

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by Jordan M on Dec 31, 2008 9:43 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Haha

I remember when people were saying Lowe will make more than Burnett

by tcyoung on Dec 31, 2008 9:53 AM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He probably should have.

by Trent Durrington on Jan 1, 2009 9:20 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lowe isn't happy

according to the New York Post, Lowe is displeased with their offer. According to ESPN, he’s looking for at least 4 years at 15 per. Man, put his stats up against Suppan, and we got ripped the hell off.

I just sit back and root for the taser

by Hyatt on Jan 1, 2009 5:05 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Back when Suppan signed

Milwaukee wasn’t (and you could argue still isn’t) a plum destination for free agents. That doesn’t always mean the Brewers would have to offer more to encourage players to join the fold, but it doesn’t help them get discounts.

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by TheJay on Jan 2, 2009 6:14 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I dunno about "ripped off"...

unless you’re comparing apples and oranges, i.e. Lowe’s performance prior to signing this next contract with Suppan’s performance after signing his.

Quick and dirty apples to apples comparison: over the last three seasons, Lowe has averaged an ERA+ of about 125. Suppan had a 110 over his last three seasons before signing the Brewers contract (in admittedly slightly fewer innings per year). At any rate, those 15 points of ERA+ translate to about half an earned run per 9 innings (3.60 vs. 4.10 or so, park-neutral), or 11 runs over a full season (~200 innings). That’s worth about 5 million in FA salary now. Granted, the market level for salaries has increased in the intervening years (especially pushing up that $/marginal win value), but Lowe is also 4 years older now than Suppan was at the time, so it looks like a comparable overpay to me if he gets 4/60.

by Zeyes on Jan 5, 2009 12:49 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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