01-02-2009, 05:24 PM
<!--quoteo(post=8342:date=Jan 2 2009, 03:13 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jan 2 2009, 03:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8336:date=Jan 2 2009, 03:11 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jan 2 2009, 03:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8326:date=Jan 2 2009, 02:45 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jan 2 2009, 02:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8324:date=Jan 2 2009, 02:38 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jan 2 2009, 02:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Miles salary is around 1.5% of the total payroll.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah? What percentage of total payroll is Marquis' salary? About 6%? And yet, Hendry has to dump Marquis' salary in order to make the Bradley signing (or the Peavy trade, or whatever). It's clear that every dollar (or every million dollars) counts right now. And regardless of what percentage of the payroll Miles is eating up, he's making about $2M too much.
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Miles' line last year:
.317/.355/.398
He's no world beater, but I fail to see how he's not worth $2 or $3 M a year.
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That was his best year, by far -- at age 31. I don't see him repeating that.
Have you seen his career numbers?
.289/.329/.364
He's worth about league minimum. Maybe a little more.
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Do you realize that DeRosa's line and Miles' line during their season prior to joining the Cubs are almost identical (DeRosa's SLG was higher)? They were also the exact same age at the time the signing occurred. Both also have the ability to play 3-4 positions. Now, I'm not saying that I expect Miles to get better, or that he'll be the team MVP. However, I can't fathom him not being worth what we're gonna be paying him or more.
If getting Bradley meant we had to swap out DeRosa for Miles, I can't see anything wrong with the transactions made to make it happen.
Yeah? What percentage of total payroll is Marquis' salary? About 6%? And yet, Hendry has to dump Marquis' salary in order to make the Bradley signing (or the Peavy trade, or whatever). It's clear that every dollar (or every million dollars) counts right now. And regardless of what percentage of the payroll Miles is eating up, he's making about $2M too much.
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Miles' line last year:
.317/.355/.398
He's no world beater, but I fail to see how he's not worth $2 or $3 M a year.
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That was his best year, by far -- at age 31. I don't see him repeating that.
Have you seen his career numbers?
.289/.329/.364
He's worth about league minimum. Maybe a little more.
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Do you realize that DeRosa's line and Miles' line during their season prior to joining the Cubs are almost identical (DeRosa's SLG was higher)? They were also the exact same age at the time the signing occurred. Both also have the ability to play 3-4 positions. Now, I'm not saying that I expect Miles to get better, or that he'll be the team MVP. However, I can't fathom him not being worth what we're gonna be paying him or more.
If getting Bradley meant we had to swap out DeRosa for Miles, I can't see anything wrong with the transactions made to make it happen.