Post by TribeCalledKey (Indians) on Feb 2, 2017 17:03:33 GMT -6
Jason Kipnis 2B
Last Contact: $300,000 (2016)
First Offer: 4 Years @ $6,500,000 (2020)
I'd put him around the 10th best 2B in terms of fantasy value. Closest recent comp that I found was Neil Walker who was signed last year for 4 years, $5,600,000. Walker was 30 at the time, Kipnis will turn 30 on April 3rd, so basically as the season starts so they are the same age at time of resign. Here are their numbers from last year:
Kipnis GP AB R HR RBI BB SB AVG OBP
2016 Reg Season 156 610 91 23 82 60 15 0.275 0.343
Walker GP AB R HR RBI BB SB AVG OBP
2016 Reg Season 113 412 57 23 55 42 3 0.282 0.347
Walker's 2016 was shortened due to injury but they were on track to finish very close in runs, rbi, and OBP. Walker would have had a few more HR, Kipnis had a lot more SB. I upped my contract offer nearly $1,000,000 per year over that of Walker to account for the SB, which will probably decline for Kipnis by year #3 of this deal anyway.
Last Contact: $300,000 (2016)
First Offer: 4 Years @ $6,500,000 (2020)
I'd put him around the 10th best 2B in terms of fantasy value. Closest recent comp that I found was Neil Walker who was signed last year for 4 years, $5,600,000. Walker was 30 at the time, Kipnis will turn 30 on April 3rd, so basically as the season starts so they are the same age at time of resign. Here are their numbers from last year:
Kipnis GP AB R HR RBI BB SB AVG OBP
2016 Reg Season 156 610 91 23 82 60 15 0.275 0.343
Walker GP AB R HR RBI BB SB AVG OBP
2016 Reg Season 113 412 57 23 55 42 3 0.282 0.347
Walker's 2016 was shortened due to injury but they were on track to finish very close in runs, rbi, and OBP. Walker would have had a few more HR, Kipnis had a lot more SB. I upped my contract offer nearly $1,000,000 per year over that of Walker to account for the SB, which will probably decline for Kipnis by year #3 of this deal anyway.
