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Sports Poll: If you were a GM and you were forced to give 1 player in baseball a 10-yr contract right now, who would it be?

Posted by Will Hunting (aka kelly) Sep 3 '09, 06:45

I take Evan Longoria.

Only reason it's not Pujols is he's 30+ and given the fact baseball's cracking down on roids, I'm assuming he's going to follow the normal progression of age-related decline that Barry Bonds didn't and Ken Griffey has.

So he'd only be superstar'ish for the first 6-7 years of hte deal.

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Sub Poll: what pitcher(s) would you consider such a contract for? -- nm - Beaker Sep 3, 07:06 15
- Like I said below, Felix. -- nm - Inigo Sep 3, 07:18
- None. Mark Prior put the final nail in that coffin for me. - Will Hunting Sep 3, 07:10 11
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    - I can't wait for him to underperform. - Will Hunting Sep 3, 07:12 9
      - What would underperform for him even be? His numbers in college are unattainable. - TFox Sep 3, 07:18 8
        
        Underperform for me is if he's league-average. - Will Hunting Sep 3, 07:21 7
        
        I can hang with that. I can especially hang with that in year 2. -- nm - TFox Sep 3, 07:23 4
        
        In year 2, if he's at a 4+, you gotta worry, I think. - Will Hunting Sep 3, 07:24 3
        
        Ben's first year or so, he dominated. After that was the big dropoff. - Inigo Sep 3, 07:29 2
        
        Not really....he had 1 or 2 starts in 1990 off the bat where he was good. - Will Hunting Sep 3, 07:33 1
        
        in 90, he was 8-5 with a 2.43 era. He was pretty dominant then. -- nm - Inigo Sep 3, 07:49
        
        on the Nats that would make him a freakin; all star. -- nm - Beaker Sep 3, 07:22 1
        
        The Nats offense is better than the Giants. If he's a good MLB pitcher, he'll do fine there. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 3, 07:23
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  - yes -- nm - TFox Sep 3, 07:08
Hanley Ramirez or Felix Hernandez. I think Longoria is overrated. -- nm - Inigo Sep 3, 06:59
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- The only thing that worries me about him is catchers are notorious for being done even earlier than most positional players. - Will Hunting Sep 3, 06:51 2
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    - That and he already has a history of injuries. -- nm - Inigo Sep 3, 07:12
- yeah, I think that would be a wise choice. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 3, 06:51 9
  - Yeah, him and Pujols would be my 2/3. - Will Hunting Sep 3, 06:52 8
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      - Kick out Braun, put in Pujols, and you have my list. Even old, I prefer 7 years of Pujols with 3 years of nostalgia to 10 of Braun. -- nm - TFox Sep 3, 07:04 2
        
        I also lie. Kick out Mauer, put in Longoria. -- nm - TFox Sep 3, 07:05
        
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    - I think Ryan Braun would be a decent choice. - groiny Sep 3, 06:54 3
      - Braun isn't good enough in the field for me. - Will Hunting Sep 3, 06:56 2
        
        I look at position scarcity as well. SO Hanley would also be a good choice. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 3, 06:57 1
        
        Yeah, he'd be a good one. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 3, 06:58
not sure, but it would not be a pitcher. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 3, 06:48

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