JoeSixPat
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I think I heard a report on the radio that re-signing Mike Lowell in the offseason will be a priority of the team...
Good to hear in my opinion, as opposed to locking $300 million into A-Rod for the next 10 years, especially after he gets implicated in Canseco's next steroids book...
I can accept that A-Rod's overall season #s are better than Lowell
But I can also accept the fact that we can get to the post season without A-Rod's $30 mil a season - especially if we use that $30 mil elsewhere
Now this should cause one to examine what A-Rod's post season production is... at first appearance it seems he might get a bad rap
Post season A-Rod has a .279 batting average, a .361 OBP and a .483 slugging average over 10 post-season series going back to his time with Seattle.
Lowell however only has a .261 batting average, a .340 OBP and a .443 slugging average, over 6 post season series (including the not yet completed World Series)
Of course one needs to look a little deeper and determine how A-Rod and Lowell both do when it counts the most.
With 4 fewer post seasons series, A-Rod has the same number of RBIs - 17... as Lowell
Over his last 3 post-season series, Lowell has 12 of his 17 RBIs...
Over his last 3 post-season series, A-Rod has just 1 - only 1 - RBI.
So that is a big red flag, with Lowell playing at his best when the heat is on and men are in scoring position - and A-Rod doing just the opposite.
So since we're all confident that we can get to the playoffs without A-Rod's $30 million salary, who would you rather have come the post-season when it really counts?
Is A-Rod really worth 10x the money you'd pay for Lowell? And even if you overpay Lowell by extending him a year more than you might like to - isn't he still a bargain compared to A-Rod?
Good to hear in my opinion, as opposed to locking $300 million into A-Rod for the next 10 years, especially after he gets implicated in Canseco's next steroids book...
I can accept that A-Rod's overall season #s are better than Lowell
But I can also accept the fact that we can get to the post season without A-Rod's $30 mil a season - especially if we use that $30 mil elsewhere
Now this should cause one to examine what A-Rod's post season production is... at first appearance it seems he might get a bad rap
Post season A-Rod has a .279 batting average, a .361 OBP and a .483 slugging average over 10 post-season series going back to his time with Seattle.
Lowell however only has a .261 batting average, a .340 OBP and a .443 slugging average, over 6 post season series (including the not yet completed World Series)
Of course one needs to look a little deeper and determine how A-Rod and Lowell both do when it counts the most.
With 4 fewer post seasons series, A-Rod has the same number of RBIs - 17... as Lowell
Over his last 3 post-season series, Lowell has 12 of his 17 RBIs...
Over his last 3 post-season series, A-Rod has just 1 - only 1 - RBI.
So that is a big red flag, with Lowell playing at his best when the heat is on and men are in scoring position - and A-Rod doing just the opposite.
So since we're all confident that we can get to the playoffs without A-Rod's $30 million salary, who would you rather have come the post-season when it really counts?
Is A-Rod really worth 10x the money you'd pay for Lowell? And even if you overpay Lowell by extending him a year more than you might like to - isn't he still a bargain compared to A-Rod?