Sure. I get why we didn’t prioritize him. Wasn’t even mad that we didn’t at the time- everything you said was likely and the guy hadn’t ever been a paragon of health before coming to houston, so yeah. Just a bummer the way it worked out on our side, but happy for him and all his success. Really good dude.
Similarly, the Astros probably should give him millions of dollars because he helped increase their franchise # of World Series rings by an infinite amount.
True and unfortunately making a decision now for the next 10 years usually ends with minimal success (as opposed to having flexibility to adjust the lineup).
I bet they regret signing Pujols.... and Mike Trout has definitely hampered their success (especially with Trout not willing to leave in a trade). And who knows if teams "regret" making a splash but I bet their fan base sure does when it ends in zero rings.
So basically your logic is if it doesn’t work out in terms of success on the field, it’s not a good move? Genius stuff in the forums these days…
Angels finished 1st once (swept in DS) and 2nd in the ALW, averaged under .500, over the life of the Pujols decade-long contract.
It was certainly a bad contract… but it was also Pujols’ second extension at age 32. That’s a different category of signing “risk” that has a lot of precedent on when a baseball players “best years” truly are (minus the steroid era).
If any ballclub overspends for a player they better make sure they can win something out of it. But go on thinking that fans don't care about that kind of stuff and wouldn't turn on their team in a flash.
It’s only bad to “overspend” if it causes you to cut corners elsewhere. If you spend well on everything equally, and you still come up short due to the millions of other variables that cause variance in baseball, so be it. I don’t think fan bases would “turn” on a team that aggressively spends to win.
lets hope he's not scheduled for a knee replacement by then. Despite being a DH and part-time OF (who is not terrible in the OF)... I don't think Yordan will age well. He's had the type of injuries from a young age that players don't necessarily "outgrow" as they get older. Springer had some of that as well, but largely due to his aggressive style of playing, not getting hurt while swinging a bat.
Maybe - that is the train of thought that a lot of people have. My counter to that would be that Alvarez works extremely hard, and smart. He also has a modified diet and is likely to do everything possible to continue to play at a high level. We say that about a lot of players, but Alvarez really is special in that way. I do think that they need to cut down his outfield usage to 1/4th of the games played and I also know that he was asked about possibly playing first base down the road and was open to it. If he ever get a couple seasons of playing 150 games, he is going to be the best hitter in baseball.
