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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1386459" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>2017 viewed in isolation could just look like a down year for Heyward if 2016 hadn't been such an unmitigated disaster. </p><p></p><p>He doesn't put much launch into the ball. So he's uniquely unsuited to take advantage of the juiced ball of the last year and a half. So, even if he does get his numbers back up to the .780-ish OPS of his first 6 years in the League, that's going to still look pretty average next to the much inflated slugging numbers of the last couple years. </p><p></p><p>Still, if he can give you a league average OPS (about .780), that should be good for about 2.0 oWAR, which would probably make him about a 3.5 WAR player factoring in his continued gold-glove defense. Figuring $8M a win (which might be kind of low - probably closer to $9M, now), that would make him worth what the Cubs are paying him. </p><p></p><p>Point is, he doesn't have to destroy the ball to be worth the money. He just has to be ok at the plate. He was verging on ok in 2017.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1386459, member: 26283"] 2017 viewed in isolation could just look like a down year for Heyward if 2016 hadn't been such an unmitigated disaster. He doesn't put much launch into the ball. So he's uniquely unsuited to take advantage of the juiced ball of the last year and a half. So, even if he does get his numbers back up to the .780-ish OPS of his first 6 years in the League, that's going to still look pretty average next to the much inflated slugging numbers of the last couple years. Still, if he can give you a league average OPS (about .780), that should be good for about 2.0 oWAR, which would probably make him about a 3.5 WAR player factoring in his continued gold-glove defense. Figuring $8M a win (which might be kind of low - probably closer to $9M, now), that would make him worth what the Cubs are paying him. Point is, he doesn't have to destroy the ball to be worth the money. He just has to be ok at the plate. He was verging on ok in 2017. [/QUOTE]
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