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sigurd 2
That was a long way for Bridich to say “We have no clue.”
Ray Ray
He had to go the long way around because he knows he will be fired if he uses the word rebuild. The owners have banned that word and delusionally believe they have a 90 win team. The owner publicly said that the team was a 97 win team in 2013. He was nearly right. He only missed by 23 wins. Boy it sure is interesting being a Rockies fan. On the plus side, we always have October to take vacations or get an early start on Christmas shopping.
Owen National
Rocktober is no more.
Philliesfan4life
The rockies should trade Arenado to get a big package back
koldjerky
I came in here to say “on other words, I have no idea.”
Bravo.
SixFlagsMagicPadres
It always interesting to see the things they cook up in the Rockies front office in order to beat around the bush.
batman
There’s about a less than 1% chance that Cutch stays in Pittsburgh for his entire career. I love Cutch but it’ll never happen. He won’t take another huge pay cut and the Pirates FO won’t pay the market rate for a 32 year old outfielder. It’s more likely that he’ll be traded before his contract runs up than for him to get extended.
brandons-3
You never know. He probably understands the realities of a Pittsburgh payroll. Tampa Bay got Evan Longoria to sign long term. I think Pittsburgh can resign him. One way to make it work would be a slightly below market value deal with maybe 7 years to take him to his age 39 season. Not something you’d want to do but they want to keep Cutch and Cutch doesn’t strike me as someone who is going to chase the last dollar. Throw in some additional unspoken perks like a suite on the road, season tickets, NTC, maybe you make him captain, some decent bonuses for winning awards and honors. Usually if two sides are truly committed to getting a deal done, it will get done.
ronnsnow
Cutch doesn’t seem like the type of guy that’s going to chase top dollar. I’m sure he is well aware that if he wants to stay in Pittsburgh, he’s not going to get market value. If the Pirates offer Cutch something like 7/$150 with some differed money, I think he would consider taking that.
mack22 2
Dbags are going to hack two good years of the Greinke contract, after that it will be like dragging around a boat anchor
elscorchot
Maybe. I think he has the potential to change his game when his velocity dips more, though.
joew
Andrew will be 32 going in to free agency in 2018, if you assume cost / WAR is about $5M at that time and that Cutch continues to be an average of 5-6WAR until the 2020 season, you figure he’d be at least worth 25M through that time. but cutch is smart and not greedy..also not stupid either. It seems his legacy is more important than money.. but still wants to get something near his value i would assume.
I say give him a 10 year extension with keeping him through his age 41 season. the first 3 give him 20M/year guarenteed, 4th year 25M next three at 25M as options with high buy outs to make it easier to keep him around Last 3 seasons make player options at 5M or less. with very heavy incentives. We keep him during his prime.. he gets paid closer to market value (though still team friendly except for the buy outs) and if he happens to hit 70+Hrs at age 40 (ala Bonds), he is doing it in Pittsburgh
Probably crazy talk though with players like Meadows one the way up
Robertowannabe
With Meadows, Garcia and Ramirez all on the way, the Pirates will not be forced to resign Cutch to a Mega Deal. If he can stay healthy, he will command a kings ransom if traded before the 2018 season. Finally, the minor league system is producing and the Pirates can start doing business like the Cardinals do now. You rarely see the Cards trading young top prospects. Rather they trade veterans for more prospects or another veteran to fill the hole in another position. The player traded away is replaced by a top prospect. That is not dumping salary, that is trading smart.
joew
I tend to agree with you, just on the business aspect you trade Cutch next offseason. He alone could return half a dozen young prospects.. but if most are not ‘high end’ almost sure fire mlb starters then there will be a riot in the strip lol.
Personally I’d rather keep him around.. that kind of talent is rare.
formerlyz
Mattingly’s payroll comment would make more sense if the Royals didn’t have more than $40 million in higher payroll than the Marlins