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Old 11-14-2016, 05:40 PM   #117
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Originally Posted by cosmo20002 View Post
I have a feeling that if we sign a "real" DH (someone brought in to be a full-time DH) it is going to be someone worse than Kendrys at about the same price as we could have kept him Kendrys for.

More likely it seems is we will downgrade offensively and save some money, and downgrading this offense seems like a bad idea.

It would have cost KC $17 million to keep Morales this year, on the qualifying offer. That's too rich for an all-bat guy.

The extra year is likely what turned KC away from Morales on this deal.

They can get similar or even superior hitters for the same type of AAV but fewer years. One year of Beltran at $12 million or one year of Matt Holliday at $10 million is likely to produce similar or better results as Morales, at a lower/similar cost and with less long-term risk.

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That stands if they remove compensation completely, IMO, I doubt the league would do that.




This makes a lot more sense. Teams have always been compensated for players leaving as FAs. I imagine it will always exist in some form.


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