Reminds me of Porzingis with the Knicks to a degree.Neworleans thought they were lucky when they got him...cant blame em...but wow they were wrong on that one.
Lindor is a bad example because he was an all-star with Cleveland before the trade with the Mets. Now, if you want to say they should have given him an incentive laden contract, that's a different argument. But, to knock them for paying him only on potential fails to recognize his past performance, which was the basis for his contract. Rookie contracts are speculative by definition.
I've packed on a few pounds, I'm judgin'.let's be fair. couple of our all-time great high draft picks packed on a few pounds. let's not judge.
Lindor is a bad example because he was an all-star with Cleveland before the trade with the Mets. Now, if you want to say they should have given him an incentive laden contract, that's a different argument. But, to knock them for paying him only on potential fails to recognize his past performance, which was the basis for his contract. Rookie contracts are speculative by definition.
Regardless of his batting average, Lindor remains one of the five best shortstops in MLB. Whether that is worth $340 million is certainly debatable, but batting average is a poor indicator of a player's contribution.
Look at Texas. They signed two of the best offensive shortstops - Semien and Seager - who both had dud years last year.Yeah, I’m well aware of what Lindor did in Cleveland as a life long Cleveland fan. I agree, I should have written a better/clearer response.
Lindor, as with numerous others, sign these ridiculous type contracts, and usually never live up (produce) to, or even close to, what was anticipated. So yeah, IMO these contracts should be weighted heavily on productivity, etc. IMO, it’s a joke and complete lunacy. There’s not really much “incentive” when the majority of the coin received will result anyways whether they produce (to the contract level) or not.
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I doubt very much that the Mets, when they signed Lindor, expected him to bat .230 his 1st season and .213 currently in his 3rd.
He’s a lead off/higher in lineup batter, so his contribution is quite unsatisfactory on that front, regardless of what other contributions he makes at short. I’ve seen a lot of routine, ordinary type fielding plays from him, especially at the major league level, nothing extraordinary IMO.
Top five in Fangraphs' WAR this season.100% your opinion relative to your top 5 sentiment.
I’d argue This tells more about the state of the position than lindor. Go look at almost all of lindors batting metrics. They’re the worst, if not the second worst in almost every single category for his career. The only thing keeping lindors numbers up are his defensive metrics, particularly his DRS and UZR. Lindor gets all the hate he rightfully deserves for the money he is paid and the way he acts.Top five in Fangraphs' WAR this season.
That is mostly correct. 2022 was a pretty good offensive year. His WRC+ since joining the Mets:They’re the worst, if not the second worst in almost every single category for his career.
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someone in my fantasy league dropped Seager (among others) ... I picked him up when he was on the DL ... he's been en fuego.Weird! The link works for me. Here is the gist.
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I apologize. He actually drops to 7th when you extend it to beyond just "qualifiers." Perdomo and Seager have accumulated more WAR despite far fewer at-bats.
Bet he swims in a kiddy pool of gravy every chance he gets.I don’t want to come off as too arrogant but I’m rarely this correct.
But I was on this one almost since his first game at Duke.
Just because a couple of our guys did it as well, doesn't mean we shouldn't tell it like it is.let's be fair. couple of our all-time great high draft picks packed on a few pounds. let's not judge.