Think about it!
I just read an article on the Ryan Howard arbitration coming up next week. Can you imagine going to court and having your deficiencies spelled out in front of you?
Batting average dropping from .313 to .258 to .251
OPS dropping from 1.084 to .976 to .882
Struck out almost 200 times in each of the last 2 seasons
His defense is getting worse each season with a league worst .988 fielding percentage last year.
(and that does not take into account the number of times he refused to throw to second)
On the positive side
His 48 home runs led the league
146 rbis also led all players
Those are two pretty important categories for a power hitter.
Ryan made 10 Mil last year
He is asking for 18 Mil this season
The Phillies are offering 14 Mil
Albert Pujols will be making 14.2 mil in 2009 and he has always been the player that everyone compares Howard to each year. Based on that, it seems the Phils number is in the right range, since Pujols won the MVP last year and Ryan was second. I originally thought Howard would win the arbitration, but now it looks like the Phils have a chance. What do you think ?
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You do have to remember that Howard won a record amount in the arbitration process last year. We all believed that there was no reason for that. As for comparing Howard to Pujols anyone who knows anything about baseball knows that Howard was the true MVP of the league last year, except the BBWAA of course. Down the stretch last year no player was more important to their team than Howard. Pujols didn't have to put the team on his back. Despite the horrendous start to the season Howard finished strong and may have been the reason they made the playoffs. That said, I still don't think hes worth 18 mil. Not until he shows that he is committed to either the team or improvement.
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