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j6takish
Are the A’s just awful at developing pitchers? Or do they always draft high risk guys in later rounds of the draft? Seems like their pitchers blow out their arms left and right
Sajju Shah
right because Mark Mulder, Tim Hudson, Barry Zito (oops), Dan Haren, etc, etc etc, all blew out their arms.
Redbirds16
Dan Haren was drafted and developed by the Cards, and traded for Mulder, who did indeed blow out his arm (shoulder really) with the Cards.
Chris_RG
Tim Hudson has had arm issues (on top of the previously mentioned fact that Haren was developed by the Cards)
funkytime
The difference is if an early extension works out better for the player it’s still only going to cost the team a few extra million at most, over the course of the contract. The Longoria deal will save the Rays tens of millions of dollars.
So even if the majority of the deals ended up helping the player, the teams would still save money with these deals in the long run.
Chillin_in_California
The rays signing Matt Moore to that deal was sheer robbery. That guy has ace written all over him. While other teams are spending 100 million plus to get aces the rays are pulling shrewd deals like this.
dc21892
They’re paying hundreds of millions for proven pitchers. Clearly, nothing is guaranteed but do you really think it was a steal on the Rays part? He has had too little time in the majors to be saying he’s got ace written all over him.
faceforest
The guy is getting payed more than what he would if he was back down at league minimum. That’s guaranteed money over potentially making it when he becomes a free agent and blowing it a few years before he hits the market.
stl_cards16
Wouldn’t Jaime Garcia qualify for this list? Or was he over two years?
bigsmoothy
I thought Colorado traded Jimenez???
Chris Bosh
They did. The team listed is the team that signed him to an extension, not their current team.
Jason
Very enjoyable article. Thanks!