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Here's a question thinking about Alex' 72M deal: who's the biggest genius among the players? My candidates:
1) Big Panda Sandoval: grabs 5/95 from Boston, immediately eats himself into oblivion. Now in his Turd (that is third in poopspeak) year, has 579 combined PA with a -2.5 fWAR. Negative batting fielding and running metrics. No fat shaming please!
2) Matt Cain: grabs 5/127 from dupes in SF, using the "face of the franchise" threat. Tossed 1500IP prior 7 years, 350 so far into his 5th. 1.3 total WAR or 9.4M in value for 104M in pay
3) Bret Anderson. Took 1/15.8 from Dodgers last year and fired all of 11 innings before calling it a day. Has made 72M to throw 500IP last 6 years, producing 4.5 WAR. No Okie State alum has stolen this much money since T Boone Pickens. Oh, and he just went on the DL again for the Cubs after grunting out 22IP of 8.18 ERA
4) Rich Hill. Grabs 3/48 from Dodgers after putting up 110 IP last year. The prior 7 years he did 103 IP total. Tossed 8 IP this year before blisters put him on the shelf.
Honorable mention: Brandon Moss. 27M for 4 years including next. 1.4 total war, already counting days till he retires to a cabin to fish all day like Jeff King
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