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Ferrariman
why would delgado be more expensive than overbay? im pretty sure delgado would play for like 3-3.5million ish. maybe.
Cocacolakid
Agreed. If Delgado could get someone to offer him a contract, it certainly wouldn’t be for $7 mil or more. I think the $3 mil range is more accurate.
davidchu
the jays would be willing to include cash in a trade to cover overbay salary. so if a team has a budget, they could get overbay and only cost them a so so prospect.
Dan Lewis
(a) Overbay will probably end up being more expensive than Delgado. Overbay makes $7MM this year. I’d be shocked if Delgado signed for more (pro-rated), and of course, Delgado does not cost players, just dollars.
(b) The Mets did not sign Mike Jacobs to play 1B. But for Daniel Murphy’s injury, Jacobs would be a LH bat off the bench. And Jacobs is quickly falling out of favor. That said, I don’t think the Mets (who have Ike Davis coming up next year if not earlier) have the assets or interest in bringing aboard Overbay.
Dan Rosart
Overbay will probably be released by the start of May and Wallace called up.
bjsguess
I think the better statement would be that Delgado offers more upside but carries substantially more risk. I can’t see how he would be more expensive unless Tim is assuming that the Jays eat 3/4’s of Overbay’s remaining contract.
satchelprice
Yeah, I don’t know if Delgado can be called a first baseman at this point. I think that he’s at more of the Jim Thome stage, where he’s essentially a DH that’s capable of playing first in an emergency. The reports on Delgado’s defense from the winter were absolutely horrid.
renegade
I think I speak for every Jays fan when I say good riddence to Overbay. Too bad, he has no trade value. I’d rather see Ruiz butcher it at first at this point. Don’t get me wrong, Overbay is an OBP machine against righties. But man, ever since that Jon Danks’ HBP he just hasn’t looked the same. He is a platoon player at best. Can’t wait for Wallace.
bigpat
I’m not sure Mike Jacobs would restrict any team from signing anyone. I don’t think the Mets owe him anything, it was only a minor league deal so they can just let him go. Still, I’m not sure that is the type of move the Mets should be making at this point. Ike Davis needs to take the job in the middle of the season.
smokinjays
The Jays aren’t trying to contend this year – the article has it right, he’ll be here a while to give Wallace time to develop before starting his arbitration clock. In the meantime, he is not the worst player on the field. The Jays won’t really need to get a player in return. A Rios style deal would recoup some money and get O out of town.
Dan Rosart
The Jays only need to keep Wallace in the minors for a few weeks to get an extra calendar year out of him.
satchelprice
Nobody would waiver claim Overbay at a prorated $7M salary. Rios attracted interest from Chicago because he was previously one of the best outfielders in the game and a potential star acquisition at a premium defensive position.
The Rios situation was very unique. I mean, it was the most costly waiver claim ever by a pretty significant amount.
smokinjays
I should have been more clear – I don’t expect anybody to pick up O’s entire salary in a waiver claim, but I could see a team picking up O and part of his salary, with no players coming back to the Jays. The alternative of course would be to let him play out his last season, hope that he qualifies as type B, hope that he turns down arbitration, and hope that somebody signs him. There are 3 ways for that to go wrong… the Jays should recoup what they can of his salary and put the money to better use.
gs01
I can’t wait for Overpay to go somewhere’s, he’s getting very frustrating to watch at the plate.
lyleoverpay
AMEN!!!
lyleoverpay
AMEN!!!
lyleoverpay
Bring on Wallace. They should sit O down but they won’t because he’s making $7m & no other team in their right mind wants to take that on. He is brutal…not even batting a buck.
Who wants to go & watch that crap!