Grady Sizemore

[SouthSideRyan]

The Diamondbacks don't have an owner with less net worth than me.

[KingKongvs.Godzilla]

The Diamondbacks don't have an owner with less net worth than me.

 

The Rangers were bankrupt around this time last summer. Now it's barely a memory.

[SouthSideRyan]

The Diamondbacks don't have an owner with less net worth than me.

 

The Rangers were bankrupt around this time last summer. Now it's barely a memory.

 

They had a quick transfer of ownership. McCourt has shown no signs of being ok with that.

[erik316wttn]

If you could do low base with incentives based on games played or plate appearances I'd bite, but I doubt he'd take it and someone will probably overpay. I'd rather it not be us.

 

If he'd come on a cheap, incentive laden one year deal to try to rebuild his value, then he's really not a bad idea. He's still been an above average hitter in two of the past three seasons, and at his age there's probably upside.

 

I actually have him behind Beltran as the OF I'd sign, but both would require highly stipulated situations. Both should only be a secondary FA signing/offseason move behind bringing in a big bat or big pitcher. Both should be short on years. Beltran should be paid properly if he's brought in (12-15? That's not my job), and Sizemore should be bought at a number that sounds just enough to be a strong steal if he threw up a seemingly random 3 or even 4 WAR season. 8 million keeps popping into my head, so I'll go with 8 million as the high end number base number.

 

If the base number is 8 mill I'd rather spend a few mill more per year and get Beltran. I would, however, do 6 mill in base and another 2 or 3 mill in incentives for Grady. The incentives would be rooted in AB's and OPS (though I'm not sure anyone uses OPS as a measure for contract incentives).

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but performance-based stats like OPS can't be included in contract incentives.