Certainly. I loved him in his Cardinal days and am surprised

Certainly. I loved him in his Cardinal days and am surprised
by Go_Crazy_Folks (2024-04-14 11:43:14)

In reply to: You'd like to have his pension * posted by Cards86

to see the number are this bad. A LOT of teams believed he had enough value to roster him for 14 years. I wonder if that was a failure of analytics at the time, or if there is something the numbers are missing (pinch hitter specialist).

Replies:

I’d guess the former: inflated value of batting average. - tdiddy07 2024-04-15 08:35:03
- It could also be how GMs valued veterans back then. - No Right Turn on Red 2024-04-15 14:28:18
  - And managers. - John@Indy 2024-04-17 14:07:05
  - Those are the contracts I'm most critical of when the Reds - tdiddy07 2024-04-16 09:21:59