The Angels signed Anthony Rendon as a free agent in December 2019. In those four seasons he has played in 52, 58, 47 and 43 games and earned 26, 28, 36 and 38 million dollars a season. His combined statistics in those 200 games over 4 seasons is 179 H, 22 HR, 111 RBI, .249 BA, and committed 18 errors. He can become a free agent again in 2027. Heaven help us.
TCDB #139 jsteved
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Those two rounded-corner cards are 1987 Indiana Blue Sox (unlicensed) cards. I had never seen these before.
1971 Topps #444
You must really not like the guy, fi you're blaming him for "missing" games during the COVID season.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Joe Rudi wins it.
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DeleteRendon reminds me of the time the Red Sox signed Pablo Sandoval. Horrible contract from the get-go.
ReplyDeleteI was disappointed when he left the Nationals...but the contract was way over the top. Likely he will be one of the last 30 year olds to get a contract like that. The big money is for 22-25 year olds from here on I suspect... Rendon has a ring... more than Trout or Ohtani can say at this point...
ReplyDeletesounds like a waste of money, basically a million plus per game. No one is worth that, his totals for the 4 years covid or no covid would barely get an all star vote if all in 1 season. I'm not sure anyone will offer him a contract. I say give him an outright release.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Rendon was a horrible signing - he's cooked as a player, not a likeable person, and apparently he isn't all that committed to the game. OTOH you have Mike Trout, who also makes a crapton of money and can't stay on the field -- but is a good guy, good ambassador for the game, and clearly cares/wants to play.
ReplyDeleteSigh... if the Halos can't keep Ohtani, might a good time for them to clean house entirely.
Also I like that Ovation Colon and the Blue Sox cards that I assumed were Mother's Cookies issues.
I don't remember anyone saying the Rendon signing was a good deal at the time, so...good for him?
ReplyDeleteHopefully old Anthony has been saving his money.
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