Overpaid & Underpaid Astros!

Gurriel is regarded as one of the best Cuban baseball players of all time. I'm pretty sure he knows how to ****ing hit. And Beltran's leadership has been indispensable this season......you ALREADY have guys like Correa and Bregman talking about how much of a difference having McCann and Beltran in the locker room is making this year. I agree that his bat has been dead this season, and he looks slow, but his impact on the team is very real, and$16M for ONE SEASON is hardly an investment at all. Stop acting like you know everything, especially when you have no problems telling us you barely even watch the sport in the first place.

This act of yours is getting goddamned annoying.

 

How r****ded are people on this message board? Geez

 

Sure, you can make an argument that Gurriel hasn't turned into any kind of star player, but his performance hasn't been anywhere close to bad enough for his salary to be a detriment to this team. Also, how in the world do you have Reddick and McCann on the overpaid side? A guy that's hitting .289 with 6 HR's and 20 RBI while making $13 million this year isn't anywhere close to overpaid. In fact, you can actually make a good argument that he's worth more than what he is making. Especially considering the upgrade he has provided over OFer's like Gomez and Rasmus from last season. Brian McCann is hitting .269 with 6 HR's and 25 RBI while striking out just as much as he walks and has proved to be a steadying force for pitchers like McCullers and Musgrove when they start to get a little rattled on the mound. He has all the makings of being an all-star catcher this year and he is making $17 million this season and is a vastly significant upgrade over Jason Castro. Sure, Sipp hasn't been great last season or so far this season but $6 million this year is far from overpaying. Beltran at $16 million is the only one you can even make an argument for being overpaid (a weak argument at that). He is only signed through this season, therefore there is absolutely no long-term downside to his contract. AND, like many other posters have said, his leadership in the clubhouse is invaluable. We'd all like to see him start swinging the bat a little better, but that's no reason to say that he is overpaid. So essentially none of the players that you listed as being overpaid even come close to being overpaid.

 

Why did they sign Correa and Altuve? Neither one had experience hitting MLB pitching.

 

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If we judge him by his own standards, he has yet to prove he can make a quality/likable post, thus should not be given the opportunity to make these asinine posts.

 

Ok... and what if you are both not right and not popular? What then?

 

Until one is beyond their arbitration years that is the way salaries work. Since you make things happen, contact the player's association and get that changed.

 

Goddam this is a stupid thread. I'm afraid if I ignore list the guy yall respond and back and forth with him so much that it'll make the threads weird to read. I guess I'm willing to take that chance.

 

I had him ignore-listed so i didn't even see this thread in the sub-forum; i saw it on the main forum page under last message. The exact scenario you described happened to me. So confused.

 

You're not entertained? I can't put him on ignore because I want to make sure I am around for the #billgatesmoney thread.

 

I'm not entertained. This guy feels like a troll. Canyonero was truly crazy, which was mildly more entertaining. Either way, both cause clutter and bad discussion in a place that is fighting a turn towards some GARMishness.

 

Should we release the young guys once they start getting expensive? Do we need to be cheap like the A's or Marlins (pre-stanton deal)?

 

How exactly do you propose getting more pre-arb and arb guys?