(04-13-2018 03:24 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(04-13-2018 01:21 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(04-13-2018 12:54 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(04-13-2018 12:37 PM)stever20 Wrote:  just think what he has done to their roster construct. Right now they have besides Ohtani 12 batters and 12 pitchers. So they effectively have a 4 man bench and a 8 man pen. Such a huge advantage for them.

And the fact that he's making next to nothing and is one of the most valuable players in the league. I wonder what his value would be if he always went on 5 days of rest and DH'd 5 of every 7 games. That would give him around 27 starts and 115 games at DH, along with a few games as a hitter in NL parks. If he averaged only 4 PA per game, 118 games would give him about 472 PA. Could he produce 4 offensive WAR in 472 PA? It's very possible. Add that to a possible 4-5 as a pitcher and you're looking at 8-9 WAR for $545K. Talk about crazy value

i think 8-9 may be conservative even. I mean right now in 13 team games he's got 0.9 WAR. Extrapolate that to 162 and he's got 11.2 WAR for the season.

True, but I'd rather err on the side of conservative. This is his first season in the major leagues and the first in a 162 game season, with tougher competition. It's very possible that he could bust those expectations, but it seems crazy to project someone for 13 WAR.

11.2 isn't 13 though. Also, while he may be at 0.9 in 13 games, by 16 games, he if he has a good pitching start on Sunday might be at 1.5. If he is- he'd be on pace then for 15.2 WAR. Even at 17 games after the day off for rest, he'd be at 14.3.

And also- he might not even have to take game 17 off to rest as they have Monday as an off day finally.