Luke Raley for Jose C

[ice99]

I'm not going into the payroll minutiea since the payroll that they're being compared to, calculated the payroll a certain way. However, Cot's prorates their bonuses over the guaranteed years.

For M's players that are returning, I'm not recalculating. But Haniger had 2 guaranteed years, a $6M bonus that was paid when he was with SF. He has a player option for the 3rd year, but for Cot's purposes they only prorated over 2 years, and $3M was added for 2023 and 2024. So I'm saying the payroll is somewhere closer to $123M.

M's get: Merryweather

Cub's get: DeScalfani, Kuhn, Alberto Rodriguez, $5M cash

The M's save $6M.

This brings payroll to $117M.

Sign Snell for 4 yrs/$108M as follows

2024: $25M with $5M deferred to 12/2/2025
2025: $25M, can opt out after 2025 and receive $3.5M
2026: $25M, can opt out after 2026 and receive $5.5M
2027: $25M
Club option for 2028 @ $33M with $8M buyout
If $33M option exercised, then an option for $32M with $3M buyout for 2029 is vested.

Brings payroll to $137M for 2024.

[harmony]

You left out Geno and Urias. I don't think that helps either of those categories. They still need a 3b in my opinion.

FWIW FanGraphs projects Eugenio Suarez with 2024 WAR and wRC+ of 1.7 and 99 in 146 games while projecting Luis Urias with 2024 WAR and wRC+ of 2.0 and 104 in 110 games:

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/eugen ... osition=3B

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/luis- ... n=2B/3B/SS

Of course last year Suarez posted 3.2 fWAR and a 102 wRC+ in 162 games.

And LU posted negative WAR.

Recency bias and a small sample are a bad combination.

[D-train]

Yeah I am not confident in any of the payroll numbers. Your plan looks great. How did Merryweather get your attention. I had never heard of him

[D-train]

FWIW FanGraphs projects Eugenio Suarez with 2024 WAR and wRC+ of 1.7 and 99 in 146 games while projecting Luis Urias with 2024 WAR and wRC+ of 2.0 and 104 in 110 games:

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/eugen ... osition=3B

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/luis- ... n=2B/3B/SS

Of course last year Suarez posted 3.2 fWAR and a 102 wRC+ in 162 games.

And LU posted negative WAR.

Recency bias and a small sample are a bad combination.

Recency yes, 177 PAs isn't huge but not tiny either.

[ice99]

Yeah I am not confident in any of the payroll numbers. Your plan looks great. How did Merryweather get your attention. I had never heard of him

I went into the depth charts, that give wins projections and clicked on Cubs. I looked at their RP, and saw Merryweather, then looked his Fangraphs page up. He throws 98mph.

https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.a ... &teamid=17

[D-train]

Yeah I am not confident in any of the payroll numbers. Your plan looks great. How did Merryweather get your attention. I had never heard of him

I went into the depth charts, that give wins projections and clicked on Cubs. I looked at their RP, and saw Merryweather, then looked his Fangraphs page up. He throws 98mph.

https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.a ... &teamid=17

Nice. Thanks.

[harmony]

And LU posted negative WAR.

Recency bias and a small sample are a bad combination.

Recency yes, 177 PAs isn't huge but not tiny either.

Just under 11 percent of Luis Urias' 1,614 career plate appearances.

[D-train]

Recency bias and a small sample are a bad combination.

Recency yes, 177 PAs isn't huge but not tiny either.

Just under 11 percent of Luis Urias' 1,614 career plate appearances.

Yeah hopefully it was the injuries, he certainly isn't getting old. lol

[Sexymarinersfan]

There are two ways to look at your fav team. Analytically and on a personal level (are they easy to root for and likeable)

I think they are a little better when looking at them analytically and better in terms of likability.

Out:
JK
Teo

In
Mitch
Raley

You left out Geno and Urias. I don't think that helps either of those categories. They still need a 3b in my opinion.

How close is Ryan Bliss? Rojas can play a little 3rd right?

[D-train]

There are two ways to look at your fav team. Analytically and on a personal level (are they easy to root for and likeable)

I think they are a little better when looking at them analytically and better in terms of likability.

Out:
JK
Teo

In
Mitch
Raley

You left out Geno and Urias. I don't think that helps either of those categories. They still need a 3b in my opinion.

How close is Ryan Bliss? Rojas can play a little 3rd right?

How close? A 30 mile 45 minute to and hour and a half drive depending on traffic. Will he be good? I would be surprised: