Trade The Moose

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(12-07-2021, 08:13 AM)fredtoast Wrote: 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.

LOL, coming from you Fred.

Moustakas was heading into his age 31 impending FA season and they paid him off of a juiced ball. There was 28 guys who hit 35+ HR that year. There was nearly 2 guys hitting 50+ that year. Talk about stat cherry picking, over the previous 5 years he averaged 2.2 WAR per season.

As far as Castro v Moose goes, 1 point of SLG isn't worth the same as 1 point of OBP. Not to mention it's not just a stat vs stat comparison. It's a Moose Stat + $64m vs Castro stat + whatever improvements to the team you can get with that $64m.

The Reds can't afford to pay quality contracts to get mediocre returns. Every big deal they do needs to bring surplus value, which Moose was never going to do.