November 16, 200421 yr Get this, the Washington team signed him to a 4 year $16,000,000. Talk about overpriced. The price for a SS just went up.
November 16, 200421 yr they also signed Castilla. 615822[/snapback] Yep I believe a 2 year deal to a guy that hit .218 on the road.
November 16, 200421 yr You don't think Christian Guzman is worth 4 Mil a year? That's not as bad as offering Omar F'ing Vizquel a 3 year deal.
November 16, 200421 yr Not to a guy with these types of numbers. G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS 145 576 84 158 31 4 8 221 46 30 64 10 5 .274 .309 .384 .693
November 16, 200421 yr 4 Mil a year is a drop in the bucket, even if it's just for his defense and speed he's worth 4 mil a year.
November 16, 200421 yr If you're going to say Christian Guzman isn't fast I'm going to have to assume you've never seen him play. SBs do not gauge speed, how many stolen bases did Louis Castillo have last year?
November 16, 200421 yr If you're going to say Christian Guzman isn't fast I'm going to have to assume you've never seen him play. SBs do not gauge speed, how many stolen bases did Louis Castillo have last year? 615840[/snapback] First of all it's Luis. OK I made a bad point with the stolen bases. Lets look at the other numbers: .309 OB%- That is incredibly low 30 BB- That is also incredibly low. TWO WORDS- FREE SWINGER
November 16, 200421 yr If you're going to say Christian Guzman isn't fast I'm going to have to assume you've never seen him play. SBs do not gauge speed, how many stolen bases did Louis Castillo have last year? 615840[/snapback] speed doesn't do you much good when you don't get on base.
November 16, 200421 yr It's four million dollars not 10+! That nothing for a gold glove caliber SS who hit .275 and can steal 20 bases when he's healthy.
November 16, 200421 yr It's four million dollars not 10+! That nothing for a gold glove caliber SS who hit .275 and can steal 20 bases when he's healthy. 615847[/snapback] He has a .266 batting average and a .303 OBP. Common dude admit this was a bad signing.
November 16, 200421 yr First of all it's Luis. 615843[/snapback] If we want to start pointing out mistakes we can start with you trying to use BB Code to bold that text instead of HTML. :whistle
November 16, 200421 yr It's four million dollars not 10+! That nothing for a gold glove caliber SS who hit .275 and can steal 20 bases when he's healthy. 615847[/snapback] He has a .266 batting average and a .303 OBP. Common dude admit this was a bad signing. 615849[/snapback] It wasn't a bad signing, just because the Marlins low ball everyone and then play the "Small Market Team" excuse everytime they can't sign someone doesn't mean the rest of the league must. There are a lot worse shortstops out there than Christian Guzman, and 4 mil a year isn't that much to pay him.
November 16, 200421 yr It's the best replacement for Cabrera that Washington could have gotten, why not?
November 16, 200421 yr It's four million dollars not 10+! That nothing for a gold glove caliber SS who hit .275 and can steal 20 bases when he's healthy. 615847[/snapback] He has a .266 batting average and a .303 OBP. Common dude admit this was a bad signing. 615849[/snapback] It wasn't a bad signing, just because the Marlins low ball everyone and then play the "Small Market Team" excuse everytime they can't sign someone doesn't mean the rest of the league must. There are a lot worse shortstops out there than Christian Guzman, and 4 mil a year isn't that much to pay him. 615852[/snapback] They would've been better off starting Izturiz at SS like they planned and spent that money elsewhere. Bowden is an idiot.
November 16, 200421 yr He did lead all AL SS in fielding percentage last year. It's a bit of money, but that team knew they had to over-pay to get anyone to come. I think this is more of a 3 year plan to try to get the team back to respectable status, kind of what Detroit is doing.
November 16, 200421 yr I don't see what the big deal here is. It isn't like they signed Omar Vizquel to a three year deal.
November 16, 200421 yr This was a good deal. They're trying to get some veterans to make their team respectable in their first year in Washington. And the Vizquel signing will pay off.... you watch. You have until April to talk all the trash you want. Then Vizquel will start proving why he's worth the contract he signed.
November 16, 200421 yr And the Vizquel signing will pay off.... you watch. You have until April to talk all the trash you want. Then Vizquel will start proving why he's worth the contract he signed. 615875[/snapback] Somebody obviously missed the point. We'll see how he's playing 2 years from now. You don't give a soon to be 38 year old short stop a 3 year guaranteed deal.
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