Bergman has be bad for 2 straight seasons. He has not been worth that contract. Again, very few players are ever worth giving 100 million plus. Altuve was worth it, but nobody else was. You can put Verlander on the list too. Again, don't pay high prices, groom. Kyle Tucker and Alvarez are going to have monster seasons next year.
You wrote this: "Bergman has not improved since his $100 mil." The season after he signed his extension he was second in the MVP voting. Since then they had a COVID shortened season and a season in which he was injured for a long time. How is that Tucker for Austin Hedges proposed trade of yours looking?
I wonder if a GM could succeed in baseball (or basketball) by hiring what as his assistant and just always doing the opposite of whatever he says? Like the weatherman that's wrong 90% of the time?
Resigning Carlos would be great but I would love to see that money spend first on a 200IP #1 or #2 SP if available.
I could listen to an argument that says that we need to invest more in starting pitching and that we are strong enough at hitting even without Correa to contend for a title. If Pedro Leon or Jeremy Pena become an 0.800 OPS player, then we won't lose much at all offensively but will save $25 million+ per year by not paying Correa. It's a tough decision. Culturally, Correa is our team's leader and that has intangible value.
It's quite clear what I think of long term contracts in general. Now let me play DEVIL's advocate for a moment. With MLB and the MLBPA agreement expiring and no new agreement likely to be in place for at least some period of time afterward, it creates a window, or JUBILEE of sorts for teams from the cap. Penalties. The thinking is that caps will have to be prospective only under any new cap. In this scenario, the teams have the incentive to spend like there's no tomorrow. So Pay the man, and every man you see as a potential star. New, Old, CC, maybe even prospects. The only limit is your resources. The big markets will love it. The small markets will not. In this scenario, NY and LA will be battling to see who will have a Billion Dollar payroll. And MLB will love it, even as they claim they don't. There might even be talk of breaking up MLB by the small market teams. So how does this affect Correa? He gets his 10+ year deal, but more likely to the Yankees, Mets, Los Angles Dodgers or Los Angeles Angels. But we have the opportunity to tie up players under contract to extensions without concern of cap considerations. Oh! did I forget to mention 1,000% inflation every year so the contracts won't be of concern in the later years? So there. Now I'm with you guys. So here is the new pecking order in baseball https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/the-richest-mlb-owners-ranked-by-net-worth/ar-BB14ngzP There you have it. Correa to the Mets for 20 years @ $50M/yr. for the first Billion Dollar contract. Tatis threatens to sit out his $340M contract because it's insulting now ...
I think Correa will get paid and go to somebody with a chance to win. He won't want the Rangers. My bet is the Mets and if he has to leave I hope it is to there instead of American League or the Dodgers.
The Mets?? They already have Lindor playing SS. You don't think both of these guys have pride. Which one you asking to move to another position?