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Daniel Wesley
Color me skeptical, but I think Asdrubal’s power surge last year is more Boggsian than anything else.
joeybw
It’s crazy how he’s actually a below average defender because there were so many highlights of him making circus plays. It’s almost like finding out Fuld is bad at defense, his routes are a little weird, actually, he’s just quick enough to usually fix them.
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I was equally surprised, and even more surprised to hear that Peralta is a superior defender to Cabrera. When I watched Peralta when he was in Cleveland, it looked like he was moving in quicksand up the middle. It seemed like if the ball wasn’t hit within arm reach of his initial position, he wasn’t going to get to it.
cards2WS
My exact thoughts in your words.
Sohaib Syed
how the hell did yunel Escobar signed such a team Friendly deal…. If i am Yunel Escobar i gotta fire my Agent on the spot for making me sign that deal lol
so its what 2 yrs at 5 million then 2 free agent yrs also at CLUB options of 5 million in total 4 yrs / 20 …. woow
Runtime
There’s no guarantee he’ll be able to produce better numbers than he did last year…. that’s how. BJs could easily option out of the last 2 years and give him a bigger extension for more $$$ if it plays out better that way.
I just hope they don’t go with Hechavaria soon…
grownice
Yunel has already had a better season then he did with the Jays last year. That contract is awesome , Hech will never hit like Esco , i highly doubt he’s up here next year, possibly next year if Esco moves to 2b and i honestly dont know if i would want that.
Lunchbox45
Anthopoulos told him to sign here or we’re trading you back to atlanta.
Lars Chunks
$20M is a lot of money. With the way he gets hurt all the time, I would probably take the guaranteed $10M, too. I don’t see how anyone would give him much more than $8-9M/yr anyway.
grownice
Where’s all his injuries? 130 gms played every year since 08. Thats not bad at all.
Dean
Calling This Jhonny Peralta a better defender than anyone not named Yuniesky is pretty hilarious.
h2h
Wasn’t Peralta traded so that Asdrubal could take over short because he was a better defender?
Michael Wilson 2
“Although Jhonny Peralta and Clint Barmes
are superior defenders to Cabrera, Cabrera’s 25 home run, 92 RBI
campaign probably puts him ahead of the $5.5MM-range average annual
values they scored on two-year free agent deals.”
So 4 more homeruns, and 6 more RBI’s (to match a lower BA/OBP/SLG) means that Cabrera is worth more than Peralta? The only thing he really has going for him is that he is 3 years younger so you hope for increased production or that he can maintain this production for longer. Of course he has more of an injury history than Peralta so that is a bit of a risk.
You should probably mention that Peralta is making well under what he should be making for the production he put out since he was signed after a couple of down years.
A 4 year deal with the first two matching estimated arbitration increases and 10-12 for the final two would probably be an adequate deal for both parties.
Cody Thomas
Wow. Credibility lost. I don’t care what saberdouchemetric you use, Peralta’s defense is superior to no one.
Don’t talk about what you don’t watch.
Michael Wilson 2
That’s right! because Cabrera has highlights…just like Jeter! And Jeter was a gold glove before so obviously Cabrera is the best defensive player next to Jeter!!!1!!one!
Cody Thomas
Right. All I watch is highlights. Actually, in case you didn’t know, Peralta actually “played” for the Indians before we shipped him to Detroit. He is awful defensively. He has zero range and an inconsistent arm.
woodyheld
Did you just write that Jhonny Peralta is a superior defender to Asdrubal Cabrera? Seriously, get a TV.
joeybw
Hey, Tribe fans, what would the Rays need to trade to get Cabrera away from you guys? We got lots of MLB ready pitching and lots of prospects!
Sman
Jeremy Hellickson and Jake McGee?
Cody Thomas
If you’ve watch the Indians play at all the last three or four years, you would KNOW that Peralta’s defense is NOT superior to Cabrera’s.