Comments on: Valuing Nate Robertson http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/01/valuing-nate-robertson/ Economic Thinking about Baseball Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/01/valuing-nate-robertson/comment-page-1/#comment-82669 Kevin Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:51:02 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/01/valuing-nate-robertson/#comment-82669 Carl Pavano? Really? Carl Pavano? Really?

]]> By: Brandon Heikoop http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/01/valuing-nate-robertson/comment-page-1/#comment-82584 Brandon Heikoop Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:37:22 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/01/valuing-nate-robertson/#comment-82584 The biggest problem I see with this deal is that if Robertson eats it for the next year or two, or simply just in the second year, they are stuck with him for a third. Is Robertson that vital of a player that not having him for the 2010 season is going to kill this team? Hell, I think this club would be better served going into the market, paying an inflated market rate for a Carl Pavano then Nate Robertson. Its not like the club really <i>needs</i> to save whatever small amount of cash they will here. Is his Elias grade out yet? The biggest problem I see with this deal is that if Robertson eats it for the next year or two, or simply just in the second year, they are stuck with him for a third. Is Robertson that vital of a player that not having him for the 2010 season is going to kill this team? Hell, I think this club would be better served going into the market, paying an inflated market rate for a Carl Pavano then Nate Robertson. Its not like the club really needs to save whatever small amount of cash they will here.

Is his Elias grade out yet?

]]> By: flournoy http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/01/valuing-nate-robertson/comment-page-1/#comment-82578 flournoy Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:08:16 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/01/valuing-nate-robertson/#comment-82578 One benefit is that by signing this extension now, they get that extra year at market value with no further commitment. Suppose that by the end of 2009, Robertson has performed well enough to still be worth $10M or $11M in 2010. If he were a free agent at that point, he'd want a three-to-five year contract. One benefit is that by signing this extension now, they get that extra year at market value with no further commitment. Suppose that by the end of 2009, Robertson has performed well enough to still be worth $10M or $11M in 2010. If he were a free agent at that point, he’d want a three-to-five year contract.

]]> By: JC http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/01/valuing-nate-robertson/comment-page-1/#comment-82564 JC Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:24:02 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/01/valuing-nate-robertson/#comment-82564 I didn't post anything on Tigers season tickets. I didn’t post anything on Tigers season tickets.

]]> By: Derek http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/01/valuing-nate-robertson/comment-page-1/#comment-82560 Derek Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:12:33 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/01/valuing-nate-robertson/#comment-82560 Is there any particular reason you (and Voros) took down the musings about the Tigers's season-ticket sales? I kind of like the Robertson contract, as a Tigers fan, because if he does retain his value over the next few years, the cost-control they've established will make him an asset if they ever want to move him; it's like buying instead of renting. Is there any particular reason you (and Voros) took down the musings about the Tigers’s season-ticket sales?

I kind of like the Robertson contract, as a Tigers fan, because if he does retain his value over the next few years, the cost-control they’ve established will make him an asset if they ever want to move him; it’s like buying instead of renting.

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