Quote from MrPadre19 on March 27, 2024, 12:42 pm

Quote from BoosterSD on March 27, 2024, 10:18 am

Not that we have any room for him, just been a fan of his speed and stolen bases. NYY have acquired Berti from MIA.

Same

A guy with great speed that can play infield and outfield.

Not a difference maker---but a valuable veteran bench piece

 

Quote from fenn68 on March 27, 2024, 1:10 pm

Quote from BoosterSD on March 27, 2024, 12:34 pm

Quote from sportwarrior on March 27, 2024, 11:57 am

Will Smith extended for 10/140. On the surface it feels crazy that a) a catcher would get a 10 year contract, and b) a catcher as good as Smith is only getting 14m a season... but this feels more like a 6/140 contract with extra years tacked on to limit the cap hit. Another contract that sorta feels like the Dodgers are getting away with something.

The Padres did the same thing with Machado, Darvish, and Bogaerts. Stretch the length to ease the cap hit. Nothing like the BS contract that MLB allowed for Ohtani though.

Even though catchers decline quickly in their early / mid 30s (Posey gone by 34) and Smith is just turning 29 … think this a a great signing by the LAD at $14MM AAV over 10 years even if he fades away from being productive in 5 years.

Consider Smith over the past three seasons for qualified catchers was #1 in WAR, #2 in wRC+ (126), and #6 in dWAR.  Even if he is that productive for just five years … he would be well worth a $28MM per year salary (or double the AAV), Add in that with that hitting profile … probably can squeeze out a longer timeline of productivity as he moves to DH or 1B as Freeman fades into the past.

Always risk but this one looks like a better signing than Yamamoto … and maybe even Ohtani if consider cost / value on the field.

 

Quote from MrPadre19 on March 27, 2024, 1:32 pm

Just imagine if Smith fades at 34 and Ohtani has another TJ and Yamamoto just isn't as good with the MLB ball where they will be in 5 years.

They could have $100 mil for three players that aren't producing much.

I will shed no tears.....

 

Quote from sportwarrior on March 28, 2024, 7:11 am

The Will Smith deal will go down as one of the most team-friendly deals in recent memory. I see comments relating his contract to those we've given Darvish and Boegarts and Machado, but honestly, this is in an entirely different realm of "friendliness." JT Realmuto has an AAV of 23m+. That puts the Dodgers on the hook for a full $9m less AAV than what Will Smith would be trying to beat on the open market. This is almost shockingly good for the Dodgers at an AAV that nobody will even blink at in 5 or 6 years.

Also, Happy Opening Day: Part II!

Quote from BoosterSD on March 28, 2024, 7:46 am

Quote from sportwarrior on March 28, 2024, 7:11 am

The Will Smith deal will go down as one of the most team-friendly deals in recent memory. I see comments relating his contract to those we've given Darvish and Boegarts and Machado, but honestly, this is in an entirely different realm of "friendliness." JT Realmuto has an AAV of 23m+. That puts the Dodgers on the hook for a full $9m less AAV than what Will Smith would be trying to beat on the open market. This is almost shockingly good for the Dodgers at an AAV that nobody will even blink at in 5 or 6 years.

Also, Happy Opening Day: Part II!

Its similar to Tony Gwynn, he took less money because he wanted to stay in SD. So IF Smith got the money he wanted to stay in LA, good for him and as much as I hate to say it, good for the LAD and their fans.

 

Quote from fenn68 on March 28, 2024, 10:37 am

PITT DFAs Jackson Wolf (even with 2 minor league options remaining). Wolf (LHP) was part of the trade that returned Rich Hill and Ji-man Choi. Some of us were stressed about dealing Wolf … looks as though that was needed.

Quote from sportwarrior on March 28, 2024, 11:23 am

Quote from fenn68 on March 28, 2024, 10:37 am

PITT DFAs Jackson Wolf (even with 2 minor league options remaining). Wolf (LHP) was part of the trade that returned Rich Hill and Ji-man Choi. Some of us were stressed about dealing Wolf … looks as though that was needed.

Jackson Wolf was a nice story, but I personally was much less concerned about his future value than I was lamenting the probability that, if we'd retained him and started him in the same games we started Rich Hill, we quite likely gain a game or three in the standings. Hill was that bad.

Of the guys we traded away, I think that Suero is the guy we could be kicking ourselves about in 3 or 4 years. A longshot, sure, but he's got the physical tools to make us sigh.

Quote from fenn68 on March 28, 2024, 11:40 am

Quote from sportwarrior on March 28, 2024, 11:23 am

Quote from fenn68 on March 28, 2024, 10:37 am

PITT DFAs Jackson Wolf (even with 2 minor league options remaining). Wolf (LHP) was part of the trade that returned Rich Hill and Ji-man Choi. Some of us were stressed about dealing Wolf … looks as though that was needed.

Jackson Wolf was a nice story, but I personally was much less concerned about his future value than I was lamenting the probability that, if we'd retained him and started him in the same games we started Rich Hill, we quite likely gain a game or three in the standings. Hill was that bad.

Of the guys we traded away, I think that Suero is the guy we could be kicking ourselves about in 3 or 4 years. A longshot, sure, but he's got the physical tools to make us sigh.

Yeah, based on what we got out of Hill and Choi … almost anyone in the system could have been better for the Padres … maybe lead to a couple more wins (Hill was a pure zero) and those wins could have put the Padres in playoffs.

Agree that Suero is the long shot factor … but at this point … thinking that Preller did not have high values on any of the players coming or going.

Quote from MrPadre19 on March 28, 2024, 11:44 am

Quote from sportwarrior on March 28, 2024, 7:11 am

The Will Smith deal will go down as one of the most team-friendly deals in recent memory. I see comments relating his contract to those we've given Darvish and Boegarts and Machado, but honestly, this is in an entirely different realm of "friendliness." JT Realmuto has an AAV of 23m+. That puts the Dodgers on the hook for a full $9m less AAV than what Will Smith would be trying to beat on the open market. This is almost shockingly good for the Dodgers at an AAV that nobody will even blink at in 5 or 6 years.

Also, Happy Opening Day: Part II!

Kind of depends on how you look at it.

You could easily consider it a 5/$28 mil per year deal and it doesn't seem that friendly.

Will he be Catching in 5 years or a very average 1b/DH?

Not saying it's a horrible deal....I just find it hard to look at it like it's only $14 per year when he won't likely be Catching for the 2nd half of the deal.

Obviously they are spreading it out for the CBT....so it just hits different to me.