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Post by hehatesshe on Jul 29, 2021 23:07:59 GMT
The case can be made. Since signing his 7-year, $210m deal with the Natinals back before the 2015 season, he's had quite the remarkable run. 91-47, 2.80 ERA, 0.962 WHIP, 151 ERA+, 2 Cy Young Awards (with 3 other top-5 finishes), 6 All-Star Games with last year being the lone exception when there was no All-Star Game, and of course, most importantly, the ever-elusive WS ring. Most free agent signings either have a few good years and then regress, or the injuries start to take their toll. Other free agents just flat out blow, like Jason Bay. I've been thinking about it and there are only a handful of true FA signing who have excelled as consistently from day 1 through the end the way Scherzer has. And I mean an actual free agent, not a homegrown player that your team signed to a long-term deal, or someone acquired in a trade and then subsequently extended. Others in the conversation would be Manny Ramirez with the Red Sox (.999 OPS in 8 years, 2 rings and a WS MVP award), A-Roid (split between 2 teams though), Randy Johnson with the D-Backs (although he did have a down year in 2003), Greg Maddux with the Braves, Barry Bonds with the Giants. I know I'm missing some, so what say you, sports board? Great thing to look at. I can guarantee no White Sox player will make the list, but I'd have to look at the numbers to get a definitive answer on the greatest free agent acquisition of all time, or the GFAAOAT. Which I don't have the time to do now, so stop rushing me. My initial inclination was that A Rod and Bonds had to be super close. If we are going with greatest to never take steroids, Scherzwer probably wins hands down.
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