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johnsilver
I see pena getting stuck right in the middle of the Boras hype machine. Boras thinking his soon to be 33YO slugger, with fast declining Avg, always high k totals and never high run producing totals will get that huge bounty is kind of far fetched. a 2 year deal along the line of Dunn’s 2/20 is probably more that Pena will ever get and that is only because he is a much better fielder, since pena is a full 3 YO that dunn was at the time, not the same power hitter, not OBP weapon that Dunn was.
Stay tuned for the next Boras victim here have a bad feeling.
Curious though what absurd amount Boras will try smoking buy some GM initially? 3/48? More even before Pena ends up the victim?
aap212
Look at Pena’s most comparable hitters through 31 on Baseball Reference. All of them fell off around 32. Like the Phillies with Werth, the Rays should pat themselves on the back for getting his best years and move along.
Yankees420
I think the Rays will trade for a 1B this offseason, they can trade for anyone with their farm system and I’m not sure if they have anyone ready to take over if they let Pena walk.
Yankees420
Who do you guys think the Rays will target to be their DH next season?
pmc765
Boras also has Prince, so he can victimize two of the available first basemen. If the Bosox wrap up AGon there aren’t enough suckers out there, which won’t stop Boras from dragging out the “marketing” of both players to their detriment.
wwy
If the Rays are able to afford Pena, it will be because he has continued to hit (or rather, not hit) like he has so far this season … in which case they might not want him no matter how cheap he is. Maybe he can turn it around, though. But he’s been just awful lately.