Taylor Jeffers

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@mikemacman21 @DerySpeaks

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@WRnation123 @Buster_ESPN @AndyBenes40 He's comparing the situation (retaining one legacy player and selling off everyone else). No where did he say Buxton as a player is like Gwynn...

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@letterboxd Babylon
Bones and All
Decision to Leave

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@FranmilsEyebrow @kgajow You're the one that brought up AAV saying Kwan should be somewhere in the 11-13M range... So I came with comps (Gordon, Fowler, Brantley) of arguably less valuable OFs with low power output that got more on the open market.

[Taylor Jeffers @TaylorJeffers]

@FranmilsEyebrow @kgajow Rowand comp was about AAV. A guy like that got the same AAV you are saying Kwan is worth and got it 18 years ago when the median team payroll was more than $50M less than now.

Is Kwan worth the 4/$120M Carman suggests? No. But it's probably more like 5/$90-$100M

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@FranmilsEyebrow @kgajow Hell, Aaron Rowand signed a $12M AAV deal with 15 WAR, and a similar profile and that was almost 20 years ago.

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@FranmilsEyebrow @kgajow Others with $15M plus AAV include Dexter Fowler, Alex Gordon, Michael Brantley, etc.

The guys you mentioned (Harris, Carroll) were all signed prior to becoming established MLB players.

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@CovertheCorner With trading Jose a non-starter, I only see one legit path forward and that is:

Fire the hitting coach
Fire the minor league position player development staff
Fire any scouts responsible for position player scouting
Trade Clase, Kwan, and maybe Bibee.
Contend in 2027 (hopefully)