12-07-2021, 08:13 AM
(12-02-2021, 12:32 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Think they're saying that Moose just wasn't that great and wasn't worth it, but they signed him to be seen signing a guy.
He was heading into his age 31 season, was a career .252/.310/.441 hitter (101 OPS+), and had only played 150+ games in a season once. He had only 1 season of 2.0+ WAR in the 5 years prior to his signing. He doesn't get on base, doesn't hit for average, and isn't a good defender.
Signing never made sense from the get-go to give him 4yr/$64m.
The same offseason, the Nationals gave Starlin Castro a 2yr/$12m deal. Castro was heading into his age 30 season and was a career .280/.319/.414 hitter that had played 150+ games in 7 of his 10 seasons. Josh Harrison was a career .273/.313/.401 hitter who was signed for a minor league deal and ended up making $1.1m over the 20-21 seasons.
I know you love to cherry pick stats but this is ridiculous.
Moustakas was coming off of an All-Star seasons with 35 HR and a 516 slg%. Over the previous 5 years he had been an All-Star 3 times and averaged 26 HR, .491 slg% and .817 OPS.
Castro was coming off a season with 22 HR and a .436 slg%. Over the previous 5 seasons he had averaged 16 HR, a 418 slg%, and .730 OPS. Not bad, but not close to Moose's numbers. Almost 100 points lower OPS.
Harrison was older than Moustakas and coming off a season with 1 HR and a .263 slg%. Over the previous 5 seasons he had averaged 7 HR with a .386 slg% and .698 OPS. Not even close to the same class as Moose.
