Uggla turns down $12m per year for 4 years

[endaround]

According to Rosenthal, so take it as it is, but Uggla turned down a rather large contract for a 2B. How this affects a possible Weeks deal is up in the air. It means that Uggla will also be on the market but the market looks like ti might be higher than most expected.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Dan-Uggla-turns-down-Florida-Marlins-contract-offer-110810

[GAME05]

maybe that has more to do with Uggla wanting off a terrible team than thinking he's worth more money.

[MNBrew]

What the market is and what Uggla wants the market to be may be two very different things.

 

Eventually teams hit their spending limit and more guys than not don't get what they (or their agents) think they should anymore -- which I like a lot.

[TooLiveBrew]

The FanGraphs article on this was, as usual, right on the money:

Uggla made $5.35M and and $7.8M in his first two arbitration years. Given his great 2010, particularly at the plate – .381 wOBA and 140 wRC+ along with the more arbitrator-friendly numbers of a .287 average, 33 HR, 100 R, and 105 RBI – Uggla can probably look to make over $10 million dollars on a one year deal for 2011 from Florida. By taking his arbitration reward in 2011 and then his first free agent contract in 2012, there’s good reason to believe that Uggla could pick up more money, a longer contract, or both.

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Uggla also could be betting on an uptick in the economy. The dollar per win value that we use here has been rather stagnant from 2008-2010, and given the current state of the economy, I don’t expect much growth out of baseball salaries in 2011. But as the U.S. economy moves further away from the near-depression levels it reached in 2008, the willingness of baseball owners to open up the pocketbooks should increase. Perhaps the winter of 2011-2012 could be that time. It’s rather unlikely that salaries would dip over this time, making this a low-risk strategy for the Uggla camp.

 

Going forward, I like Uggla’s odds of beating the contract offered to him by Florida.

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It would’t be hard to understand if Uggla chose to take the guaranteed money, but barring a catastrophe, Uggla should win out in the long run.

 

maybe that has more to do with Uggla wanting off a terrible team than thinking he's worth more money.

 

The Marlins weren't good in '10, but missed the NL Wild Card by just 5 games in '09. I think this is all about the money, honestly.

[nate82]

The Marlins weren't good in '10, but missed the NL Wild Card by just 5 games in '09. I think this is all about the money, honestly.

Somewhat true. Uggla is looking for that 5th year. I think this is what Weeks will want also. I am not sure if Melvin will give Weeks a 5-year deal but whatever Uggla signs for that is what Weeks will be looking at getting.

[endaround]

The Marlins weren't good in '10, but missed the NL Wild Card by just 5 games in '09. I think this is all about the money, honestly.

Somewhat true. Uggla is looking for that 5th year. I think this is what Weeks will want also. I am not sure if Melvin will give Weeks a 5-year deal but whatever Uggla signs for that is what Weeks will be looking at getting.

The big difference there is that Uggla is about to enter his 31 year old season and Weeks is about to enter his 28 year old season.

[JohnBriggs12]

Recent history suggests that guys that sign early get more than guys that wait. He'll get close to that offer eventually, but not much more.

 

Uggla's a good hitter but defensively, he might be best suited at 1B going forward. I don't see him getting a 5th year personally.

[TooLiveBrew]

Recent history suggests that guys that sign early get more than guys that wait.

 

Tell that to Prince Fielder.