Nolan Arenado, Laz Montes, Stroman/Montgomery, Front Office
Added 2025-01-13 06:27:41 +0000 UTC
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Raleigh’s been amazing, but…. Most of these guys were 25 or 26 after their 4th season. He’s not really likely to match the careers of these all time greats
Jonathan Laden
2025-01-17 02:43:24 +0000 UTCWhat I first stated was that Cal Raleigh was not in Ivan Rodriguez's league yet...Well, I was wrong. Not only is Cal in Ivan's league, he's knocking at the door. So I did a little bit of research and here's what I found. You were not far off of your estimate in terms of Cal being the best of all time for the first 4 years of his career. Based on fWAR over their first four seasons, here are the top catchers in MLB history: Johnny Bench: 15.3 fWAR Gary Carter: 14.8 fWAR Ivan Rodriguez: 14.2 fWAR Carlton Fisk: 13.9 fWAR Cal Raleigh: 13.9 fWAR (tied with Carlton Fisk) Mike Piazza: 13.7 fWAR
TridentHawk
2025-01-15 05:18:11 +0000 UTCGreat episode. I agree it's possible the Mariners payroll might be higher than 15M depending on the players aquired. Also prefer patience over making a bad deal for the sake of making a deal. I realize there were rumors about Arozarena & Yandy's wives having issues, but those two players still put up good numbers together in TB. Is it possible they could make it work in Seattle. If so , do you think it's possible we could land Yandy & Lowe. Possibly a package of Bliss, Locklear, & Harry Ford? I think it's reasonable, but would TB find it light? Yes I realize Lowe is 10.5 & 11.5 next; along with Yandy getting 10M & 12M. Still that's 20.5M added to payroll, just 5.5M over the 15M estimate. Thoughts?
Scot
2025-01-13 18:50:45 +0000 UTC
