Comments on: Valuing Oliver Perez

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:22:59 +0000

C.D. says:

Any thought of posting a java script tool to figure out player worth over a certain contract length?

I’d certainly appreciate that! Of course I think he goes over that in his book so perhaps that isn’t a realistic request.

By: C.D.

C.D. — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:28:07 +0000

Any thought of posting a java script tool to figure out player worth over a certain contract length?

By: Jason S.

Jason S. — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:25:54 +0000

If I was a GM, I wouldn’t be interested in paying what Boras wants. When Perez is good, he’s very very good, but if you look at his career, “inconsistent” would be the number one word to describe it. When he’s bad, he’s very very bad and he’s bad more often than he’s good. So far it looks like he’s in the middle of a typical bad year for him, although based on his career numbers I’d expect that ERA to eventually get over 5.00 if past performance holds true.

By: Willie Ran Doff

Willie Ran Doff — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:27:21 +0000

Boy, I hope Omar Minaya gives Perez his $60 million extension before the Mets figure out that 2007 was just a fluke season. This guy is basically a Damian Moss who stayed healthy.

By: Erik Peterson

Erik Peterson — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:46:09 +0000

I think you’re drastically overestimating the supply of decent starters. The reason that he’ll go for 5/60 (and maybe even more) is because there are so few free agent starters available.

Every year, there are about a half dozen decent starters on the market. And every year, like clockwork, there are at least a dozen teams that desperately need starters- even one with track records as spotty as Perez’. The demand is always outpacing supply, and that will drive prices up yet again this offseason.