Guti leads MLB in slugging percentage

[PolarVortex]

I heard this on the telecast either yesterday or Sunday. Of all MLB players with 100 plate appearances or more, Gutierrez is at the very top in slugging percentage. Ahead of Cruz. Ahead of Harper. Ahead of Davis. Ahead of all the roided up Blue Jay sluggers. He's at the very top.

If a fulltime player who puts up a 1.000 OPS is worth $25 million a year, then what is a player worth who puts up a 1.000 OPS in, say, 65 games (2/5ths of a season)? Is he therefore worth 2/5ths of $25 million? That would be $10 million.

Some desperate team is going to offer Frankie an eye-popping amount of money next year. How much would you be willing to have the Mariners pay him, assumming our payroll will be around $115-120 million. $2 million? $4 million? More?

 

[NWinAZ]

$2M with playing incentives up to $5M per.

 

[Anointed One]

Too bad he's had so many injuries during his career... He could've had a career like Jim Edmonds imo...

 

[NWinAZ]

Too bad he's had so many injuries during his career... He could've had a career like Jim Edmonds imo...

Good comparison. Edmonds had his share of injuries but what a player when he was healthy. Carlos Beltran is another name that comes to mind though he had longer health stretches early in his career.

 

[seahawksfan234]

Huge risk huge reward.

Is this hitting sustainable for him? He has never hit like this, even at the peak of his career. Not just that, but how many games can we count on him for?

I find the odds of him getting injured/hugely regressing are much higher than his odds of sustaining this type of play over a 100+ game span.

 

[unlvmariners]

Huge risk huge reward.

Is this hitting sustainable for him? He has never hit like this, even at the peak of his career. Not just that, but how many games can we count on him for?

I find the odds of him getting injured/hugely regressing are much higher than his odds of sustaining this type of play over a 100+ game span.

I completely agree. The dollar amount will be too much to justify most likely.