Pete Alonso comes cheap

[RonWashington]

2 yrs 54 million , 27 a year . Wow I guess Soto broke the Cohen cash register and this sounds like the player telling the agent get me into a camp for spring training and as a Met he’s comfortable going back .

Was hoping the Rangers could have added his bat to an already stout lineup .

 

[DIAF]

2 yrs 54 million , 27 a year . Wow I guess Soto broke the Cohen cash register and this sounds like the player telling the agent get me into a camp for spring training and as a Met he’s comfortable going back .

Was hoping the Rangers could have added his bat to an already stout lineup .

Pete Alonso is the least valuable kind of hitter - all power, little else. He is a negative in the field at first base. Despite all the attention he gets from swatting 30+ homers, he's worth like 2.5-3.0 fWAR and it's all in his bat and he's over 30 now. Paying him 27m a year is malpractice.

If the Rangers wanted a 2.5 fWAR player at 1B, they woulda kept Nate.

 

[RonWashington]

Pete Alonso is the least valuable kind of hitter - all power, little else. He is a negative in the field at first base. Despite all the attention he gets from swatting 30+ homers, he's worth like 2.5-3.0 fWAR and it's all in his bat and he's over 30 now. Paying him 27m a year is malpractice.

If the Rangers wanted a 2.5 fWAR player at 1B, they woulda kept Nate.

What about his 30 plus HR bat as strictly DH . Although Joc Pederson seems to have that ticket punched .

 

[Tabascocat]

I was kind of hoping he moved on from NY. Most of his HR’s are empty and he fails in the clutch far too often. It is usually a KO or HR with him. I am hoping he will do better, average wise, with Soto in the lineup.

 

[gtb1943]

What about his 30 plus HR bat as strictly DH . Although Joc Pederson seems to have that ticket punched .

I judge HR hitters by how many they hit with the bases empty.

 

[RonWashington]

Is Dave Robertson still available . This looks like an Achilles heel on the 25 Rangers . Bring Roberson back to anchor that bullpen

 

[DIAF]

What about his 30 plus HR bat as strictly DH . Although Joc Pederson seems to have that ticket punched .

We've already got DH filled. Baseball fans need to get out of the baseball card stat mindset of their youth - we have much better tools to evaluate players now and it turns out 30 homers doesn't provide that much value if its the only thing a player can do. Pete's had two years of decline in a row now, he is worth negative value in the field, and wanted a deal in the 6/160 range. Pete's a lot closer to a DH than a 1B, and DHs with numbers like this can be had for far cheaper. Hell, Jake Burger is a similar sort of player and he was dirt cheap. Even if the Rangers had room under the tax for Pete, i'd have been a hard No.

 

[DIAF]

Is Dave Robertson still available . This looks like an Achilles heel on the 25 Rangers . Bring Roberson back to anchor that bullpen

Not enough money to do that and stay under the Luxo Tax. This is the price we are paying for the Seager and Simien signings. I don't like the idea of paying relievers big money anyways.

 

[RonWashington]

Not enough money to do that and stay under the Luxo Tax. This is the price we are paying for the Seager and Simien signings. I don't like the idea of paying relievers big money anyways.

I don’t think in the scheme of things Robertson would cost more than say 8 million . I mean you get to the 9th up 4-2 I’m glad Jose LeClerc has a different zip code . Now who gets the call ? Yates is a Dodger wish they had kept him & Robertson .

 

[RonWashington]

We've already got DH filled. Baseball fans need to get out of the baseball card stat mindset of their youth - we have much better tools to evaluate players now and it turns out 30 homers doesn't provide that much value if its the only thing a player can do. Pete's had two years of decline in a row now, he is worth negative value in the field, and wanted a deal in the 6/160 range. Pete's a lot closer to a DH than a 1B, and DHs with numbers like this can be had for far cheaper. Hell, Jake Burger is a similar sort of player and he was dirt cheap. Even if the Rangers had room under the tax for Pete, i'd have been a hard No.

I don’t think Burger puts up Alonso offensive #’s and defensively he’s not that high on the ladder but I understand Joc Pederson gets the most DH action . The Rangers will bang out runs it’s the bullpen that looks cloudy

 

[RonWashington]

Combine Joc Pederson and Jake Burger and give me Pete Alonso in the lineup instead .

 

[Tabascocat]

Combine Joc Pederson and Jake Burger and give me Pete Alonso in the lineup instead .

Alonso isn’t going anywhere

 

[RonWashington]

Alonso isn’t going anywhere

No I know that but the lineups been quiet this yr and the off season pick ups were Pederson & Burger 1st base DH when Alonso could have fit in nicely at those spots .

I do like what Kumar Rocker and Patrick Corbin have added to the rotation . I’m willing to be wrong about the risk of drafting Rocker if he keeps it up . And Leiter should be back soon .