Nelson Cruz?

[SeattleCoug]

9m9 minutes ago[/ame] [URL="https://twitter.com/search?q=place%3A96683cc9126741d1"] United States Nelson Cruz and #Mariners agree 4 years/$57 million, report dominican newsspaper @ElCaribeRD > http://SportsHoopla.com/1FHBDJu
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We will see if this gets confirmed shortly. Rojas is pretty accurate from what I have seen tho.

 

[Mariners_44]

Holy Crap!! This is great news, and finally Z is putting together a true contender without giving up the farm. Stoked!

 

[SeattleCoug]

2m2 minutes ago[/ame] A baseball source confirms Nelson Cruz has agreed to multiyear deal with [URL="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mariners?src=hash"]#mariners pending a physical exam.

 

[EVille3]

Nice!

 

[cezero]

wow

 

[Thisnamewasntaken]

He's about to be ours, right on!

 

[Banned 10x]

alright.

Don't stop, let's get one more big bat....

 

[dumbrabbit]

LOVE IT. LOVE IT. LOVE IT. LOVE IT. LOVE IT.

 

[Tapey]

Good thing I wasn't wearing pants when I read this.

 

[unlvmariners]

Good thing I wasn't wearing pants when I read this.

 

[gowazzu02]

Good thing I wasn't wearing pants when I read this.

Lol yah im just drinkin my morning coffee too.

Wow im totally surprised.

 

[HammerDown]

Hate me if you want, but I gotta say it, fellas.

You gave him WAY too much. You know that, right?

 

[Banned 10x]

Hate me if you want, but I gotta say it, fellas.

You gave him WAY too much. You know that, right?

Mariners Baseball: We have to overpay to get hitting

 

[cezero]

Hate me if you want, but I gotta say it, fellas.

You gave him WAY too much. You know that, right?

By the current market, the yearly amount we gave him isn't that crazy at all, actually.

I'm betting other clubs were offering him near the same amount of money, but only for 2-3 years. If that's correct, then it would be more accurate to say the M's signed him for too long.

 

[Mondo Jay]

Mariners Baseball: We have to overpay to get hitting

I have rarely heard of anyone underpaying in free agency.*

*(the O's got a hell of a bargain last year on Cruz)

 

[Mondo Jay]

Good right-handed power bats are pretty scarce these days.

 

[Mariners_44]

Hate me if you want, but I gotta say it, fellas.

You gave him WAY too much. You know that, right?

You know that we as fans don't actually pay him, right? You know that the owners of the Mariners are billionaires playing in a non-cap sport, right?

They gave him what it took to get him here, and if that means overpaying based off of what you think is his value then so be it. He just bolstered our lineup, and I could give two shid's how much we paid. I do know we still have Walker & Paxton, and that's worth it's weight in gold right now.

 

[cezero]

I have rarely heard of anyone underpaying in free agency.*

*(the O's got a hell of a bargain last year on Cruz)

How much did the M's outbid everybody else by to get Cano to come to Safeco?

There's overpaying, and there's overpaying.

 

[unlvmariners]

Hate me if you want, but I gotta say it, fellas.

You gave him WAY too much. You know that, right?

Kind of a no brainer for the Mariners. Either you overpay or you don't get the player. The only problem I have with the deal is the way the Mariners will approach the remainder of the off season.

My hope is that they continue to try and acquire players. My fear is that this deal has used up the remaining money ownership will let them spend. What makes me optimistic is that this deal happened before winter meetings.

 

[StanMarsh51]

By the current market, the yearly amount we gave him isn't that crazy at all, actually.

I'm betting other clubs were offering him near the same amount of money, but only for 2-3 years. If that's correct, then it would be more accurate to say the M's signed him for too long.

That's probably the case...the main concern with Cruz is that he's 34, and big-body type sluggers generally don't age well (the decline/crash is more rapid and more severe than the average player).