Eno Sarris Baseball Chat — 1/4/18
by Eno Sarris
January 4, 2018
| 12:36 |
: sometimes you long for a time that came before even though you know that time was rife with its own troubles and
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| 12:02 |
: I am HERE for this. sorry for being late. Kids are home, so if there’s an extended absence, one is running around naked or one is trying to climb the tree again.
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| 12:03 |
: Whats the fantasy outlook for Josh bell this year?
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| 12:04 |
: If he regresses on the power a bit, I bet he improves the batting average and retains aobut the same overall value.
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| 12:04 |
: If I put on my Scott Boras thinking cap, it seems to me that a heavily front-loaded deal with an opt-out after two years with Colorado makes a bunch of sense for Hosmer. It incentivizes him to opt-out (good for Colorado, which might need the $$$ to resign Arenado) after 2019, and gives him an opportunity to pump up his numbers a bit and re-enter the market at a reasonable age. For Colorado, it gives them a short-term option to fill a short-term hole.
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| 12:05 |
: If he’s already gotten two seven year $147 offers as the rumors say, he doesn’t need to do this.
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