Juan Soto to the Mets. 15 years 765 million.
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He's under contract for 5 years past the end of Bobby Bonilla's contract.
In other baseball news Dick Allen and Dave Parker got into the Hall of Fame today.
Dave Parker? Good grief. Did the committee decide to see how much they could troll Dale Murphy fans?
The money these players are making is completely insane. And any team offering a 15 year deal is crazy
Dave Parker is an inductee from the Classic Era committee. It’s not the normal ballot.
If players like Joe Mauer and Kirby Puckett can be in the HOF then Murphy can too. And I get the knock on Murphy, the beginning and end of his career were very average but you can’t argue with what he did in his prime.
You might want to compare their career stats. Parker won an MVP and his career stats are pretty clearly better.
I fall in the camp that they should both be in.
Murphy won 2 MVPS to Parkers 1. Better war, better OPS, More HR, More Gold Gloves, More Silver Sluggers, Same All Star game appearances. About the same RBI per plate appearance.
Parker had more hits and a better BA.
And more RBIs, which matters more than HRs.
I'll backtrack in saying his stats are clearly better. They just had similar careers in the same era. If one is in, the other should be and hopefully will be.
Agree. I’m not opposed to Parker. More RBIs but also a lot more PAs. And I think Parker played on better teams so he would have more opportunities. When you break it down per PA they are about the same though. RBI totals aren’t a great stat when you don’t know BA with RISP.
I think it’s very fair to say if Parker can be in so can Murphy.
Thanks for this.
If anything, maybe we should be mostly happy about Parker (hell, he was born in Grenada). It makes Murphy getting in feel inevitable.
If anybody deserves the benefit of the doubt when it comes to player contracts, it's the NY Mets
The Mets owner is ridiculously rich (supposedly he's the inspiration for the TV show Billions). He can probably make enough money to cover the total value of Soto's contract in one day and stick it in escrow.
Another one whose time is due is Lou Whitaker. His case is about as compelling as Murph. Only 20 2nd basemen in hall. Sweet Lou has to be top ten all time. It’s time he got in as well.
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