Comments on: Jays talking Chris Snyder

By: bill

bill — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:06:55 +0000

The reason noone else would sign him was because they would have given up a draft pick. We would not, meaning he was of a different value to us than anyone else. I do think that the contract was a mistake, but I'm kinda onboard with the Wagner scenario. If he develops, get rid of Tek mid-season. A little bit of Tek is not going to kill us. He's not much worse than most back-up catchers anyway.

By: bill

bill — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:03:40 +0000

Tradin for Snyder would be a sure upgrade defensively, but offensively we would take a big step back.

By: Ryan M

Ryan M — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:58:58 +0000

I'm not sure if there's that much difference between Overbay and Kotchman. Based on their contracts, I'd probably rather have Kotchman. Overbay is making $7 million next year, which is probably about as much as he's worth. Kotchman is solidly above replacement level, made less than $3 million last year, and has barely three years of service time.

I don't have any idea why Arizona was so into Overbay anyways. My guess is that the trade was contingent on the Jays picking up a lot of the salary, and it fell through because they didn't want to pick up enough.

By: Ryan M

Ryan M — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:57:06 +0000

Stephen Drew is extremely valuable, or at least perceived to be so. Snyder + Drew would take at least Kotchman + Bard + probably a couple live arms, at least

By: Gerry

Gerry — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:53:17 +0000

Hi MAG, just remember how well he started last year, fresh off an intense training regimen and ST. He hit 13HR in a couple of months, with accompanying RBI, R, OPS, etc. He started to fade in June-July. I see no reason why he wouldn't start equally strong in 2010, catch Beckett or whomever, then when he fades, he goes DL, and Wagner (I really like Wagner's potential right now, but it could be Kottaras, Brown, Expo, Fedex) takes his spot on the 25-man roster. This way, Tek has a good first half, gets a shot at coaching, comes back to mentor his proteges on 9/1, then hangs them up with hooplah, and returns as a coach, and the Sox get max value from his $3MM contract for 2010. The Sox would lose much too much by just letting him just walk away.

By: M.A.G.

M.A.G. — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:32:47 +0000

Hatred? I don't hate Tek. I just recognize his career is finished, and I don't want to hurt the team for sentimental reasons.

And if you don't think anyone else would have signed him last year, then obviously you recognize nobody else believed in his value. And we clearly made a mistake re-signing him, draft pick or not.

By: Daern

Daern — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:15:23 +0000

You miss an important point in your unconditional hatred–yes, Tek is an extremely bad player, but we wouldn't have gotten a draft pick for him…because for that to happen someone else would have had to sign him.

By: _Marcos_

_Marcos_ — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:56:26 +0000

Well Kotchman is allergic to hitting the ball in the air. He is like the left handed version of Lugo. But Kotchman plays gold glove defense which is why i deal with him.

By: M.A.G.

M.A.G. — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:39:12 +0000

I don’t want Tek back, unless is at a coaching position. His offense is absolutely horrible and now he has lost his defense too. He is finished. Let him die in peace. Bringing him back has no sense at all. In fact bringing him back last year was a mistake (we could have got a draft pick for him). Kottaras is a better option right now.

V-Mart is our primary catcher without a doubt. Kottaras is the backup, and, yes, I agree, we could give Wagner a chance. I don’t know what to expect of his bat, but at least he is widely regarded as a good defensive catcher.

By: evanbrunell

evanbrunell — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:25:57 +0000

You can use just OPS+. What about fielding, baserunning, salary, position, age, future production?