Star players and how they are acquired

[davearm2]

You were specifically asked in the Pujols thread which offensive free agents you would have been comfortable signing. Your answer was Teixera and Gonzalez (who never made it to free agency so he doens't count). That's one guy in four years.

Yep you nailed it. There's only been one FA in the last 4 years that I would have been comfortable signing. :lol:

 

Whatever. You know in what context you gave that response. If you want to twist it to get a laugh, have at it.

The context was, I didn't like Fielder or Pujols, so I gave some recent examples of big-ticket 1Bs that I would have been comfortable signing.

 

The ginormous leap you're making deserves a laugh.

 

Sorry. I didn't understand that you were strictly talking 1B. I thought you were saying out of all the top offensive free agents that had been available recently, Teixera was the only one you would have signed. My mistake.

Fair enough. It gets tiresome having my posts misconstrued, so I was probably overly rude. Sorry for that.

[javy knows my name]

This is a great article that is very relevant to what started out as a great thread:

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/translating-farm-system-rankings-into-wins/

[ConstableRabbit]

This is a great article that is very relevant to what started out as a great thread:

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/translating-farm-system-rankings-into-wins/

Awesome read.

 

Each year, free-agent-eligible players get about 75% of payroll, but they only produce about 30% of all WAR.

[Sammy Sofa]

Great link. Thanks for sharing.