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Kevin Swords
Great article recapping extensions for pre-arbitration eligible players. I fear that most see a 5/25 deal for a rising, young player and immediately attach “team friendly” to it. It could be team friendly if Maybin continues to develop and reaches his ceiling, but at this point it seems as if the Padres may have jumped the gun a bit (although they now get certainty through his arbitration years).
rizdak
I think there’s PR in this deal too. With Adrian Gonzalez gone, Heath Bell gone, Mat Latos traded, who else is there to hang a star on? Even if Maybin is not exactly an All-Star, someone’s gotta have their face on the banner outside the park.
sabernar
Maybin’s bWAR was only 2.9. A far cry from 4.7 fWAR. I wonder why the large discrepancy.
Brandon Cline
Fangraphs incorporates defense into the WAR calculation (UZR) where B-R doesn’t. Maybin is pretty solid with the leather out there in CF especially in PETCO Park
notsureifsrs
rWAR absolutely incorporates defense into its WAR figures; its metric is just different (and inferior). in this case, TZL disagrees with both UZR and DRS, the two more advanced metrics
even if you strongly prefer rWAR for some reason, you should at least split the difference here. that’s 3.8 WAR in 137 games
Amish_willy
Waiting a year and the Padres are at the same spot the Giants were with Sandoval and the Rangers were with Andrus, both guys signed extensions at the time, but neither gave up a free agent year, let a lone two.
I applaud the organization for taking a small risk now. Paying him 8 & 9m for his two free agent years, his age 29 & 30 seasons, could turn out pretty great for the team.
iheartyourfart
absolutely worth it for the padres since they get two free agent years. It’s worth overpaying slightly in his cost-controlled seasons to guarantee they get two FA years, considering how hard it is to bring in free agent hitters to san diego, let alone ones that handle a premium position. Its the same logic behind them locking up adrian gonzalez early.
TheReturnOfMrBlanks
Awesome move, Love Maybin and really looking forward to seeing him for years to come in a Padres uniform. Good times
Beersy 2
By signing Maybin to an extension it not only showed the fans, but also all of the Padres good young players that the team is now willing and able to sign them to extensions, something they hadn’t been willing to do recently. That in it self is worth spending a little more than they should have according to some weird system on valuing players through the arbitration process.
The Padres needed a “face of the franchise” after the jettisoning of Gonzalez and Bell the last 2 years and they now have one. Maybins’ style of play fits Petco Park perfectly and the team will build around him with other speedy contact hitters.
This was a great move by the front office and when all of these prospects start contributing I hope they get similar deals. This is a good time to be a Padre fan.
briankoke
I don’t buy that his arbitration years wont be a discount. We haven’t seen the best of Maybin yet and his offensive numbers will always look worse than they really are because of Petco. I think Maybin will be well worth this contract each and every year.