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Originally Posted by Arles
I'm not sure any of these guys are any good. Eaton has been hurt all the time and had marginal success and Skaggs was OK in both the majors and minors last year. At least Trumbo has shown he can play (albeit they bought high on him).
If Arizona can sign a decent FA OF, they make out pretty well here. The bloom is off the rose on Skaggs (unless you just play him in AAA).
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Even if you think Eaton will always be injured, if you just wanted power you could've re(ish)-signed Chris Young, who at least plays above average defense and can cover CF if necessary. Career .235/.315/.431 vs. .250/.299/.469.
I guess you could say neither Eaton, Skaggs (or Bauer in Cleveland) has had any MLB success, or you could look a them like the 21y/o pitchers the latter two are. Serious question - what do you think Archie Bradley, or even a Matt Davidson is worth?
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Originally Posted by cartman
So the MLB and NPB have agreed to a new posting system. The max bid is $20 million, and if more than 1 team ties with the highest bid, the player can negotiate with any of the tied teams.
After Yu's old team got $50 million, not sure why the Japanese league agreed to a max of $20 million.
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Part of the thinking is that some Japanese teams wanted to decrease the incentive to post players, thus keeping the best Japanese players in NPB longer and reducing the increasing perception that they're a AAAA feeder to MLB, but instead an equal. Looks dumb from this side of the ocean, but those teams get most of their revenue from Japanese people buying tickets and Japanese TV rights, so hard to say they're wrong. The other likely part is that only 2 teams have had a player who got $50m+, and it didn't need unanimous approval to get passed.