Daniel Murphy to Rockies; 2-years, $24M

[reillymcshane]

Will play 1B for Rockies.

 

2 years and $24M.

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/12/rockies-sign-daniel-murphy.html

[trwi7]

Rockies finally realized that their offense sucks and has been holding them back.

[ThisIsMyCrew]

Wow! That’s a lot of coin!

[3and2Fastball]

That's a pretty good move by the Rockies. He'll hit well there

[Fear The Chorizo]

That's a pretty good move by the Rockies. He'll hit well there

 

Eric Sogard would hit well there

[StearnsFTW]

Yikes that's a lot of money. Easy pass.

[SRB]

Deal seems fair to me, but I'd rather go 4/$48 million or something like that for Grandal.

[502 to Right]

Good. I did not want him here. And certainly not at that money.

 

If the Brewers overspend at 2B I want it to be for Jed Lowrie.

[DHonks]

$12M annually is a pretty nice deal for his offense. He'll probably have a career year with that big outfield next year.

[3and2Fastball]

That's a pretty good move by the Rockies. He'll hit well there

 

Eric Sogard would hit well there

 

That response genuinely made me smile.

 

I wonder though, if that brings up a bigger point. Since everyone hits well there, would the Rockies be better off putting 90% of their payroll into pitching and running out a position player lineup of mostly league minimum guys?

[StearnsFTW]

$12M annually is a pretty nice deal for his offense. He'll probably have a career year with that big outfield next year.

 

Yeah, I meant more "thank God the Brewers didn't give him that deal to play 2nd".

[long ball]

I'm not surprised at the deal Murphy got, but I think it's on the high end of the range I was expecting.

 

I think this is a very good deal for the Rockies IF they play him primarily at 1b. Ian Desmond is a pretty bad hitter at this point in his career and didn't warrant daily PAs at 1b. Murphy might put up a .900 OPS next year.

[Roderick]

That was more than I was expecting him to get. Makes me think Lowrie will be out of our range on price and length.

[KeithStone53151]

That's a pretty good move by the Rockies. He'll hit well there

 

Eric Sogard would hit well there

 

That response genuinely made me smile.

 

I wonder though, if that brings up a bigger point. Since everyone hits well there, would the Rockies be better off putting 90% of their payroll into pitching and running out a position player lineup of mostly league minimum guys?

 

Absolutely not, as they still play half their games on the road...and other teams would outmash them at home.

[jerichoholicninja]

I wonder though, if that brings up a bigger point. Since everyone hits well there, would the Rockies be better off putting 90% of their payroll into pitching and running out a position player lineup of mostly league minimum guys?

 

I'd bet a team of high contact, line drive hitters would put up some good numbers. If Cain or Yelich played 81 games there they might have a shot at hitting .400.