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Jon Singleton up! Agrees to 8-year, $35 million deal.

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  1. juicystream

    juicystream Member

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    Yes.

    Springer is older, but played fewer games at each level (as you would expect). They were acquired about the same time, and Singleton already had 93 games at A+ when we got him.

    Springer played:

    106 games at A+
    95 games at AA
    75 games at AAA

    Singleton played:

    128 games at A+ (including the 93 he played for the Phillies)
    142 games at AA
    127 games at AAA
     
    #41 juicystream, Jun 2, 2014
  2. Rockets25

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    Guessing that Grossman is regretting turning that down now.
     
    #42 Rockets25, Jun 2, 2014
  3. Rockets12

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    Wow finally! Let's hope we finally have a quality first basemen
     
    #43 Rockets12, Jun 2, 2014
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  5. cardpire

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    In the 2016 World Series, I expect this lineup:

    1. Altuve
    2. Correa
    3. Singleton
    4. Giancarlo Stanton
    5. Springer
    6. Adam Dunn (DH)
    7. Alex Jackson
    8. Fowler
    9. Dominguez/Ruiz
     
    #45 cardpire, Jun 2, 2014
  6. juicystream

    juicystream Member

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    Yankees went on another spending spree I see.
     
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  7. Major

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    How is it a fluke? What is the market value of a player who's never had a MLB at bat? The Astros are taking an enormous risk - the tradeoff is that Singleton gives up a lot of upside.
     
    #47 Major, Jun 2, 2014
  8. J.R.

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    http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source...singleton-to-historic-contract-174347093.html
     
    #48 J.R., Jun 2, 2014
  9. rocketpower2

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    Praying the Marlins go on a huge losing streak so we can make a run at Stanton. Anyone down in the minors not named Correa is available.
     
    #49 rocketpower2, Jun 2, 2014
  10. kevC

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    Ummm, I'd much rather have him be addicted to mar1juana than alcohol.
     
    #50 kevC, Jun 2, 2014
  11. Baseballa

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    He's pretty much universally regarded as the best 1B prospect in baseball.

    He definitely has potential to be a star, but he has character/consistency concerns.
     
    #51 Baseballa, Jun 2, 2014
  12. Air Langhi

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    They will start with springer and go up from there.
     
    #52 Air Langhi, Jun 2, 2014
  13. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    So he signs the contract and all of a sudden he's got nothing to work on and he's MLB ready? I think this answers the questions about Luhnow's motivation to keep top prospects down.
     
    #53 CometsWin, Jun 2, 2014
  14. HeyDude

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    Looks like he is following Parson's footsteps
     
    #54 HeyDude, Jun 2, 2014
  15. donkeypunch

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    I dont see this ending good for either sides due to his character.
     
    #55 donkeypunch, Jun 2, 2014
  16. Major

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    Or that of the Cubs, Pirates, Rays, and virtually every other team in baseball. Super-two was negotiated by the teams and the player's association. It was renegotiated in 2011 with some tweaks - everyone knows how it works, how it impacts players, how it impacts teams, etc. It's weird how people act like the Astros are somehow unique in their approach to roster management.

    He still has just as many things to work on as he did yesterday. But now it doesn't cost the team any more money to let him work on those things at the MLB level, whereas yesterday, it did.
     
    #56 Major, Jun 2, 2014
  17. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    That's fine, just don't lie to the fans about it.
     
    #57 CometsWin, Jun 2, 2014
  18. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    Yikes I knew he liked to smoke weed but drinking everyday to cope with failure? Big red flag.
     
    #58 REEKO_HTOWN, Jun 2, 2014
  19. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Yep. Here is the Pirates prime example:

    http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2...n-minors-after-rejecting-seven-year-contract/
     
    #59 bobrek, Jun 2, 2014
  20. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    They cannot come out and say they are specifically keeping him down due to future arbitration or free agency timelines or they will risk backlash from the player's association.

    The PA was going to file a grievance on behalf of Springer (not sure if that is still happening or not). Fortunately for the Astros' management, Luhnow's public stance was Springer needed more work on his RF defense and not strike out so much. Regardless of the real reason, Luhnow can point to Springer's early misadventures in RF as well as his K rate to back that up.

    EDIT:

    Singelton is easier to explain. He had (has) self admitted maturity issues.
     
    #60 bobrek, Jun 2, 2014
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