Mariners Close To Signing Chone Figgins

“Chone Figgins signed with the Mariners today for a slightly below market value contract over four years. While this costs us our first round draft selection (#18 overall), the value of that pick is more than made up with the savings on Figgins. Figgins projects to be a 3-4 win player over the first two years of the deal, and likely is getting less than market value because a large part of his value comes on defense. Good work by GMZ to target and sign an undervalued asset at a fair, below-market price”

There’s plenty of acceptable ways to spell that name. Chone is not one of them. I refuse to pronounce it any way but Chone.

For example if they pay out 7, 9, 9, 11 they we have a bit more flexibility this year. That’s the nice thing about backloading contracts.

I can’t possibly hope he’ll throw up another couple +18-20 seasons with .380 wOBAs, but I would be perfectly content with a .355 wOBA and +5 defense – that’s like a 4-4.5 WAR player right there

Maybe =(

Fuck Chone. There’s no way he could ever stay in a game with a torn testicle.

Last time we picked that high, we wound up with Josh Fields. Woo-friggin-hoo! Plus assuming Beltre rejects arb, we still get a supplemental rounder, which is only a few slots below anyway.

Zduriencik has made a career off of intelligent draft picks, but he definitely sold his case that picking up a known commodity as opposed to what we get at 18, who has a good chance of falling flat on their face.

I think the quantity of our early picks last season made this pick even more expendable. The chances of picking up the quality that Figgins will produce during the 4 year contract with the 18th pick are extremely slim. That’s not to mean there won’t be quality players available at 18, but Figgins is worth forfeiting the chance to reap those benefits.

Not exactly “hanging around” when you’re offering a year less

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/12/mariners-on-verge-of-signing-chone-figgins.html#comments

very smart move by the M’s if this thing gets done

for an extra 3M a season they couldve had a much better player in Figgins

Good free agents wont sign short term deals, so be happy that the price is reasonable (favorable, even)

non-factor. Maybe he’ll only be 6 million dollar player in 2012 or 2013, but it’s not like this deal with hurt the franchise from being successful down the road

Please.

If we move Lopez I imagine that Tui will be our 2B next year.