Carlos Pena signs 1 year, $7.25 Million contract with the Rays

[Dad]

Carlos Pena: .216 BA in last 3 seasons

His highest batting average of the past three seasons is .227

Is he worth 7.25 Million?

[RyanLeafOfBets]

Just saw that... he's worth around 6, Yanks were driving price up.

[d2bets]

Right back to Tampa. Yeah, he's worth it. Gotta understand 1 year deals are very different than long-term. One year deals are rarely bad for the team. It's the long-term contracts that end up as an albatross that kill teams. Another advantage of these deals especially for a guy with a good ceiling is if he gets off to a good start but the team falters they can trade him and get a nice return for a small investment.

[mathdotcom]

DH swan song

[xyzky]

I say yikes, but, maybe he has one big year on DH...

[Dutchie]

If you look at his season minus April. He had a very good year OPS wise. who cares about his BA.? even with April he was right in the middle of the pack of first basemen with a .819 OPS. Ryan Howard had a .835 how much does he make next year?

[Naz18]

Clearly they didn't bring him in because of his Batting Average...

[d2bets]

DH swan song

Why would he DH? His best trait is his defense at 1B. Pretty sure they signed him to man first base.

[d2bets]

I say yikes, but, maybe he has one big year on DH...

Can't imagine why he would DH when he is just about gold glove caliber at 1B.

[milkncereal]

his OBP last year was .357 and for an 11 year career he is a .352. He might not hit a lot of singles, but you already know that when signing him.

[Chi_archie]

good signing IMO

[5teamparlay]

Rocking!!

1-0 Rays

Scoring Summary Top 1st: Tampa Bay - C. Pena doubled to deep right center, D. Jennings scored

[Chi_archie]

Would have loved the pirates to get him last year

[5teamparlay]

Happy 34th Carlos


Carlos Pena—1978