Prince has exceeded 5 war once in his career and has had 3 years sub 2... hes an impressive 12.8 war and 3.8 wins above average over his last 4 years combined... a very slightly above average player is not worth that kind of money (yes theres the 6 million = a win number, but practically speaking the price of a win on the free agent market is roughly 4-5 for short term deals and 3-4 for long term deals...). Regardless of this even if you go full out positive for the rangers and say he has none of his bad years. he's a roughly 4 and a half win player for a couple years, trailing off until hes maybe a 2-3 win player by the end of the deal? at best 3.5 win/year seems the absolute maximum, and 20 million for 3.5 wins is a lotStallion it's more like 7 years @ 20 million if you count the 30 million the Rangers got back. That's actually below market price for a player of Fielder's caliber (perennial All-Star and 4-5 WAR).
pretty sure they have bigger problems than scioscia... like having two of the top five worst contracts in baseball along with an abhorrent pitching staff.the problem with the angels is at least as much the gm as scioscia, much as he's a pretty bad manager as well.
more like where were any of the other 28 teams? awful deal for the tigersCurrent in baseball: Tigers make a legitimately stupid move by any measure, trade pitcher who has been at least a top 15 pitcher over past 3 years for marginal return value. Curious fan of Blue Jays moi wonders where the hell his team was on a deal like this.