Barrybran

Baseball doesn't care. I like it.

I think any contract longer than five years is a bad contract with the exception of maybe Trout and Kershaw.

I want to see a running race with melee items now.

What are "lives"?

Absolutely, smart teams will let someone else pay the big bucks. Problem is, you have the Tigers, Yankees, Red Sox (though they learned), Dodgers, Angels, Blue Jays and Seattle who have overpaid players by big margins, the Giants who could arguably be included in that group and the Rangers who have tried to overpay players and have now traded for one. That's 33% of the league who aren't playing Moneyball. Aside from Seattle and Toronto, they're also among the top 12-15 teams in the game. What the Rays and A's do is the exception to the rule, not the rule itself. As for Cano, even if he signed with the Yankees, that would have been paying upwards of $23m for an aging everyday second baseman-come-part-time-DH. I'd still take Miggy's $30m over that deal.

You're both right and wrong in the one statement. Moneyball is the future and teams like the Rays and A's have shown that winning teams can be put together with shrewd management. However, the best players are going to seek the biggest pay day and agents for these players are very clever at initiating a bidding war between major-market teams who are in win-now mode. Yes, the Yankees are working on reducing their budget but they were still prepared to offer Cano 7 years/$160m+. I think it was Bones who mentioned Trout being in line for a 10-year/$350m contract at the completion of this one. Unfortunately, given inflation and natural market forces, I think he's in line for at least $400-450m at the end of this current contract... and even that's being conservative.

we play in the AL, what's wrong with having him play DH in a few years?? This is why there will be a DH in the NL within 20 years.

At the end of the day, whilst 10-year contracts are terrible, Cabrera's contract is the most valuable of those that have been doled out recently. These contracts aren't being offered for 10 years, they're being offered for 4-5 years. Owners know they're not going to get $33m worth of production from a 40-year-old. They want the best player in the game for the current championship window (well, except Seattle) and they're prepared to pay dead money for it. Regardless of whether Detroit should or shouldn't have paid it, someone else was going to.

Or you're about to get horribly murdered...

I see him getting traded to the Rangers in two years. Oh wait, that's the other guy

I've never been found out by a vegan before. Looks like the meat suit is working like a charm.

*Goes to bar, looks for Jager drinkers*

I don't think Pujols did too bad last season, it was just a down year by his standards. I expect Pujols and Hamilton to both bounce back. It'll be scary if they do.

I must admit, I don't mind Kershaw's contract. The big bogey is that he's a pitcher and one elbow away from $30m in wasted money. I don't mind Detroit throwing $30m per year at Cabrera, he's worth it in my opinion, but only for five years. MLB needs to cap contract lengths to protect teams from themselves.

Especially Detroit. They seem to forget about the guy they signed for 9 years two years ago and traded this offseason.

Decapitation by rotor?

Jock Cranley masks.

Sign him up then. I hope the Browns have a good offensive line. Don't want to see the poor guy get nailed.

Is Jesus any good as a QB?

The one Dio saw must have been from an Asian

C'mon Gunny. The Browns need all the fans they can get. Traitor.

Pussy

About time I could watch a game in prime time

That Atomic blimp looks kinda mean.

I never knew Larry and Curly were Siamese twins.