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BrandonDbacks
One of the most underrated players in baseball. Guy played like a super star last year and hardly anyone noticed.
Him and Goldy leading the way with both entering their primes will be fun to watch. So glad we now have a rotation and some bullpen depth.
hanks1hammer
People need to stop saying that about Pollock. Several teams attempted to wrestle him away from the D-Backs. His talent is well recognized in baseball.
stl_cards16 2
Yeah, when every person is talking about how you’re underrated and no one noticed you, I think that means you’ve been noticed.
aff10
I still think he’s slightly underrated. Now, people seem to think “he’s underrated, he’s actually really good,” but his play the last two years has been pretty close to McCutchen, and I’m not sure most people would view him at that level still (his 2014 was cut short by a broken hand on a HBP, but he was on his way to a breakout season then).
stl_cards16 2
I guess I don’t really have a beat on the general public’s perception of Pollock. But I he is certainly not underrated in the people I generally talk baseball with.
aff10
My point was more about the casual fan’s perception of him. Not sure he’s in the conversation for most casual fans of star players, but I agree, the claim that no one noticed is an exaggeration.
cxcx
“He’ll receive $10.25MM in the contract,”
“He’ll be promised nearly a $6.5MM raise — assuming the filing numbers’ midpoint as a baseline for 2016 — for the added season covered in the pact.”
The midpoint of the numbers he and the team filed ($3.65m and $3.9m) is $3.775m. A raise of $6.5m would give him $10.275m in the second year. Which would give him $14.05m over the two years, which isn’t $10.25m.
Did I miss something, or is it written wrong. He certainly didn’t
cxcx
Was saying he certainly didn’t “avoid arbitration” with the second year figure alone; you either avoid arbitration with a one-year agreement or a multiyear agreement, not with the latter year/years of a multiyear agreement.
aff10
Yeah I think Jeff just messed up the math a little bit, but he’s putting out the article at midnight, so no big deal. But unless we both read it wrong, I think it’s just written wrong.
Jeff Todd
Math is hard, especially late at night on your third two-year extension post of the evening. Thanks for understanding!
BaseballWizard
I’m pretty sure the total is $10.25M and the raise on the second year is $2.7M, not the nearly $6.5M raise referenced in the article. There is little reason for a team to guarantee a raise on a second year that is essentially the equivalent of the player winning the MVP award.
rrieders
I made the same mistake yesterday when looking at Donaldson. What you’re looking at is something like $3.5 million in 2016 and $6.75 million in 2017, which is a pretty fair deal for both sides. Might be a little light for Pollock, but that’s the cost of getting it guaranteed.
The only losers here are the MLBPA since arbitration salaries across the board rise when top players get 1 year deals.
Jeff Todd
“Something like” … exactly what it is. Well done!
Jeff Todd
No, you’re right. I just goofed on that. Fixed now.