Michael Cuddyer Retired?

[Centerfield]

Got it. Agreed.

[ashie62]

Get Cespedes. I miss the parrot wear already.

[seawolf17]

Fuck, this thread went south quickly.

Best wishes to Cuddy. Always seemed like a good guy, even when he was scuffling, and to walk away from $12.5M is bold as hell. I wish him the best in retirement and I will remember him as a very good major league player.

[ashie62]

seawolf17 wrote: Fuck, this thread went south quickly. Best wishes to Cuddy. Always seemed like a good guy, even when he was scuffling, and to walk away from $12.5M is bold as hell. I wish him the best in retirement and I will remember him as a very good major league player.

Centerfield started talking for others. Thread is dead.

[Frayed Knot]

seawolf17 wrote: ... to walk away from $12.5M is bold as hell.

Both sides have 'no commented' to questions about a buyout.

[seawolf17]

Frayed Knot wrote: seawolf17 wrote: ... to walk away from $12.5M is bold as hell. Both sides have 'no commented' to questions about a buyout.

I'm figuring -- because he's not an idiot and because he's a member of a union with an agent -- that he's not getting nothing.

[Edgy MD]

And for whatever it's worth, Cuddyer seems to have mentioned Jeff Wilpon most specifically when talking about bringing his intentions to the team. One could conclude, if one were inclined, that Alderson wasn't exactly driving the bargain on the other side of the table when the buyout was negotiated.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Jeff Wilpon can go fuck himself.

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[batmagadanleadoff]

themetfairy wrote: Being please about being done with a bad deal is hardly dancing on the man's grave.

Yeah, I know. What the hell was that all about? We can't say that the guy sucked at the end of his career, just like everybody else including Willie Mays and Hank Aaron and Mickey Mantle sucked at the end of their careers? The guy had a 15 year career, and is retiring at age 35 after having made over 80 million dollars from baseball. That's some fucking grave.

I said ... 80 million dollars.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I didn't say you can't say what you said, I said it was bad form the way it was said.

At which point some people got awfully defensive, and others copped to it.

[batmagadanleadoff]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I didn't say you can't say what you said, I said it was bad form the way it was said. At which point some people got awfully defensive, and others copped to it.

Who's talking about you?

[Edgy MD]

Cuddy as a pinch hitter over his career: .355 / .431 / .548 // .979.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Right? Losing Cuddyer didn't make me want to cut myself or anything, but his loss isn't necessarily a net gain. Assuming even slightly better health than last year, he could have been a very useful--if overpriced-- piece of a good offensive unit, and arguably more useful than anyone we'll pick up/use in his stead.

[Centerfield]

But .680 OPS in 19 ABs as a PH last year. And .411 OPS in another 19 ABs as a DH. Michael Cuddyer was shot guys.

I was hoping that the oblique surgery would serve as a turnaround as well. But his decision to retire basically confirms what we saw all year long. The guy had nothing left in the tank.

[Edgy MD]

Post reporting that the buyout for Cuddyer was $2-3 million, citing an "industry source."

That's certainly a lot less than I was expecting, which was more like 50 cents on the dollar for his $12.5 million salary.