Prince Fielder: 9 Year Deal with Detroit

[Party]

I was just looking at the splits and was surprised that Gaby really only had two, maybe three good months, average wise.

April- .293
May-.345
June-.240
July-.261
August-.189
Sept/Oct-.250

I know batting average isn't everything, but hitting .189 and & .250 the final two months isn't great.

Atleast show us OPS.

[Metes]

He had a rough August but his OBP was above .300 every other month

[Miamarlin21]

OBP:

April- .389
May-.411
June-.308
July-.356
August-.253
Sept/Oct-.383

OPS
April-.835
May-.993
June-.712
July-.799
August-.519
Sept/Oct-.770

[MiamiHomer]

He's growing!

[Metes]

Baby steps

[Miamarlin21]

Don't facepalm me, but what is a good OBP and OPS? At least I'm asking and trying to learn.

[MiamiHomer]

Maybe someone can provide average OPS for the league 1st basemen.

[Bobbob1313]

OBP
.300 is Mendoza line.
.330 is average (though it was actually more like .320 this year)
.360 is good
.400 is HOF

OPS
.650 is Mendoza
.750 is roughly average (was closer to .720 this year)
.800 is good
.900+ is HOF

[HUGG]

Sanchez also had a .242 babip in the 2nd half of the season. He was very unlucky.

He's not as bad as some people act like he is.

[MiamiHomer]

Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal
Another reason to believe #Marlins when they say they won't pursue Prince: Boras likely would insist upon a no-trade clause. MORE #MLB

Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal
#Marlins would not change policy on no-trade clauses for Albert - big reason they lost him. They're not changing it for Prince. #MLB

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[Jorge18]

I'd be okay with the Marlins going after him with a 3-4 year deal. Does anyone else think someone is going to give him a 8-9-10 year contract?

[Valid]

I'd be okay with the Marlins going after him with a 3-4 year deal. Does anyone else think someone is going to give him a 8-9-10 year contract?

No way he signs anywhere for three or four years. I wouldn't be surprised to see some team give him eight. I don't think he gets anymore than that, though.

[Namaste]

I'm totally cool with keeping Gaby @ 1B. Like Hugg mentioned, he was unlucky in the 2nd half. Take away his August and he was outstanding.

[MiamiHomer]

I'd prefer to move Gaby and just get LoMo to first base already. I don't feel that good about having LoMo out there as a huge defensive liability in LF.

[Jorge18]

Well he's what 27 now? Let's say he signs a 3 year deal, and does great through out those three years. When that contract is over he'll be 30-31 and will be able to sign another monster contract like Pujols or ARoid.

If he signs a 3 year $65-80mm contract now and then is able to sign a 10 year $200+ contract later he end up making a lot more money.

Of course, this is all assuming he kills it with the 3 year deal.