Indians Ink Peralta to a Long-Term Deal

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

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— Jhonny Peralta and the Cleveland Indians both got the security they sought Friday when the shortstop signed a five-year, $13 million contract that the team has the option to extend in 2011

[Andy]

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— Jhonny Peralta and the Cleveland Indians both got the security they sought Friday when the shortstop signed a five-year, $13 million contract that the team has the option to extend in 2011

5 years, 13 million.

 

For a guy that hit .292/.366/.520 with 24 homers last year as a SS?

 

Wow.

[Tracer Bullet]

How much are we paying Neifi again?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

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— Jhonny Peralta and the Cleveland Indians both got the security they sought Friday when the shortstop signed a five-year, $13 million contract that the team has the option to extend in 2011

5 years, 13 million.

 

For a guy that hit .292/.366/.520 with 24 homers last year as a SS?

 

Wow.

 

They didn't buy out any of his free agency years. He may have made a bit more if he kept hitting at that rate throughout his indentured servitude, but it's not that big of a bargain.

[goonys evil twin]

They didn't buy out any of his free agency years. He may have made a bit more if he kept hitting at that rate throughout his indentured servitude, but it's not that big of a bargain.

 

May have? He probably would have made significantly more than that the last three years. Plus this gives the team leverage when talking about an extension 2-3 years from now. They can tell him they'll rip up the last couple years if he gives them his first couple free agent years.

[noisesquared]

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— Jhonny Peralta and the Cleveland Indians both got the security they sought Friday when the shortstop signed a five-year, $13 million contract that the team has the option to extend in 2011

5 years, 13 million.

 

For a guy that hit .292/.366/.520 with 24 homers last year as a SS?

 

Wow.

 

They didn't buy out any of his free agency years. He may have made a bit more if he kept hitting at that rate throughout his indentured servitude, but it's not that big of a bargain.

 

What did Soriano get in arbitration this year? $10mil coming off a season much inferior to what Pheralta did last year.

 

I think Pheralta would have had an opportunity to make twice what this contract is worth if he'd have went the year-to-year contract route. This is a steal for the Indians.

[SouthSideRyan]

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— Jhonny Peralta and the Cleveland Indians both got the security they sought Friday when the shortstop signed a five-year, $13 million contract that the team has the option to extend in 2011

5 years, 13 million.

 

For a guy that hit .292/.366/.520 with 24 homers last year as a SS?

 

Wow.

 

They didn't buy out any of his free agency years. He may have made a bit more if he kept hitting at that rate throughout his indentured servitude, but it's not that big of a bargain.

 

If Peralta keeps up that line, he might've made 13M in 2010 alone.

[Omar]

Wow... I nearly thought this was a creative topic title referring to Sammy's middle name, Peralta.

[SouthSideRyan]

And you thought Shapiro went insane?

[Diffusion]

It's quite a big gamble by both parties. I'm surprised.

[RynoRules]

I think its a nice job by the Indians, but that's just me.

[ltb]

this is a fantastic deal. peralta agreed to accept less money than he probably could have, and now the indians lock up a rising young star for all of his arbitration years plus have the option of keeping him for a seventh.

[SouthSideRyan]

It's quite a big gamble by both parties. I'm surprised.

 

I don't see how this is a big gamble by the Indians. How much regression do you expect from Peralta that he won't be worth ~12.8M in 3 arbitration years?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

It's quite a big gamble by both parties. I'm surprised.

 

I don't see how this is a big gamble by the Indians. How much regression do you expect from Peralta that he won't be worth ~12.8M in 3 arbitration years?

 

Weren't we just talking about Angel Berroa in the DeJesus thread?

[SouthSideRyan]

This is exactly what small market clubs should be doing. The highest risk is maybe you overpay by 3M over the next 5 years, and that's if Peralta sinks to Berroa's current levels. Peralta also has a higher standard to fall from than Berroa did. If Peralta fell off at the same pace that Berroa did, I think he'd be worth right around 13M If he stays where he's at, I think he's worth nearly twice that over the length of the contract.

[ltb]

It's quite a big gamble by both parties. I'm surprised.

 

I don't see how this is a big gamble by the Indians. How much regression do you expect from Peralta that he won't be worth ~12.8M in 3 arbitration years?

 

Weren't we just talking about Angel Berroa in the DeJesus thread?

 

i don't think berroa was as highly regarded coming up as peralta was. peralta is the real deal - berroa was never considered that, i believe.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

It's quite a big gamble by both parties. I'm surprised.

 

I don't see how this is a big gamble by the Indians. How much regression do you expect from Peralta that he won't be worth ~12.8M in 3 arbitration years?

 

Weren't we just talking about Angel Berroa in the DeJesus thread?

 

i don't think berroa was as highly regarded coming up as peralta was. peralta is the real deal - berroa was never considered that, i believe.

 

They had pretty similar minor league numbers. Peralta had a bit more patience, Berroa a bit more power.

[nilodnayr]

It's quite a big gamble by both parties. I'm surprised.

 

Yeah, if Im the indians I would have wanted to wait another year. How soon people forget Alex Cintron and Angel Berroa.

[Geech]

Peralta's WARP3 in 2005 was 10.8. He has a whole lot of room for regression before the Indians have to worry about overpaying.

[Diffusion]

I was thinking as much about the risk of injury as of regression. Five years is five years, a long time to commit to any player, especially if it's backloaded.

[Mark_R]

Peralta posted nearly 100 points higher in OPS in his breakout season compared to Berroa's rookie season.

 

Fantastic deal for the Indians.