J.C. Bradbury does the math and finds that Albert Pujols, if valued at the same rate as Ryan Howard, is worth $51 million a year.
By the way, where is the hue and cry from the other owners about this? When Hicks overpaid Alex Rodriguez, everyone was in a tizzy. I’ve seen the sabermetricians complain about this, but have other owners? I would think they would be pretty upset, since the Phillies just raised the price of buying a win.
Because he’s not A-Rod? It seems Alex is a controversy magnet, whether he wants to be one or not.
Not all sabermetricians are totally down on the deal. There is a very detailed analysis on the deal at BP: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=10677
Pujols will be able to pick and choose what he wants.
With no salary cap, he will get whatever he wants which will be $30M per…..for 4-5 years…wouldn’t shock me if there is an option for a 5th