"not worthy of its own thread" offseason thread

[Jocephus]

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that free agent reliever Matt Albers has agreed to a two-year contract with the Brewers.
Related: Brewers
Source: Ken Rosenthal on Twitter
Jan 29 - 12:49 PM

[ZigZagCardsFan]

That's nice. Another useful reliever that we probably didn't even sniff.

[Big Amoco Sign]

That's nice. Another useful reliever that we probably didn't even sniff.

I don't think Albers is better than anyone in the Cardinals pen.

Projected to have a 0.1 fWAR. Whoop dee freakin' dooooo we can get that from the plethora of replacement level+ players we have.

Albers had a FIP 2 points higher than his ERA and a 92% strand rate. He will free fall back to reality this year.

[ZigZagCardsFan]

If his FIP was in the high fours or fives, sure. But his FIP sat at 3.40. Probably not a good argument for why a guy couldn't be a valuable relief piece, especially when he's probably getting peanuts on a short-term deal.

[dmarx114]

Major pass on Albers for me.

[heyzeus]

Matt Albers went to my high school. He's even old enough that he may have been a freshman when I was a senior. That concludes all of my thoughts about Matt Albers.

[MrCrowesGarden]

It's amazing how analytics have now spread to bobblehead contracts.

I think Escobar is going to be worth like 2-4 BAR this year (Bobbleheads Above Replacement).

This market is killing me. Resorting to Alcides talk in the last weekend of January is not right.

Their "welcome back" graphic has two games played stats and fielding percentage.

[Hoot45]

Their "welcome back" graphic has two games played stats and fielding percentage.

This is a new era of baseball. Chicks dig the Game Played now.

[MinorLeagueGuy]

Their "welcome back" graphic has two games played stats and fielding percentage.

This is a new era of baseball. Chicks dig the Game Played now.

Chicks dig the long haul.

[pioneer98]

If his FIP was in the high fours or fives, sure. But his FIP sat at 3.40. Probably not a good argument for why a guy couldn't be a valuable relief piece, especially when he's probably getting peanuts on a short-term deal.

Albers' projection is a lot like guys we already have (Tui, Brebia, Sherriff, etc) but he's 35. He makes perfect sense for a team that needs some depth but the Cards don't really need him. I wouldn't have felt that strongly either way if they had signed him. I'm surprised he got 2 years.