For the second time this week, the Philadelphia Phillies brought back a major free agent. First, it was Catcher J.T. Realmuto; Now, the Phillies have agreed to a two-year contract with shortstop Didi Gregorius, according to The Athletic`s Jayson Stark. The deal is valued at $28 million, according to Ken Rosenthal. The team announced its two-year, $28 million contract on Wednesday. Gregorius is expected to be the last major acquisition out of season for the Phillies, who continue to look for bench rackets and help before spring practice begins next week in Clearwater, Florida. (They approved minor league contracts this week with right-hander Brandon Kintzler and outfielder Matt Joyce.) The return of Gregorius leaves intact a strong offensive for 2020, which is a good thing. Because even though the Phillies believe they`ve improved their pitching staff, they need to score innings in packs to compete in a stacked National Eastern League. The Phillies thought enough of Didi Gregorius last winter to reward him with the only multi-year contract for a free agent shortstop. But nine months later — and with $14 million in his contract — the Phillies no longer guaranteed Gregorius a starting role. A year after giving him a $28 million contract, the Phillies are considering another shortstop next season. Didi Gregorius signed a 1-year/$14,000,000 contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, including $14,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $14,000,000.
In Gregorius will earn a base salary of , a signing bonus of , a roster bonus of , a signing bonus of , a restructuring bonus of , a training bonus of and an incentive bonus of , while carrying a total salary of and a dead ceiling value of. They really had no choice but to bring Gregorius back after free agent shortstop Andrelton Simmons and Marcus Semien signed one-year contracts elsewhere. The Phillies simply didn`t have an ideal internal replacement. Of course, they could have moved Jean Segura to shortstop, but he is best served on the second base. But now, that contract is going to weigh on the Phillies` offseason, as they`ve signed $14 million for a player they can`t guarantee will be in the starting lineup. Does Dombrowski regret it? He had a one-year contract of $14 million, which became a pro-rated salary of $5,814,815. We selected the following players based on their age, contract status and statistical output to compare Didi Gregorius. Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia reported that this is a one-year contract for $14 million. The 30-year-old agreed to a two-year contract to stay in Philadelphia on Saturday, according to Jayson Stark of The Athletic. After adjusting the above contracts, as if they had been signed by Gregorius (30 years old) at the current age, a linear regression is performed, which gives us the following initial value. He has been one of the least prolific players in baseball this season, hitting just .209 with an OPS of .639 while finishing fourth in defensive shortstops.
According to Baseball Reference, Gregorius was worth -0.8 wins over the replacement, but his contract paid him as if he were worth three WAR. While it`s probably too early to dismiss him completely — perhaps you just have to call it a lost season after the arm injury in April — he has to dig a hole big enough to make this $28 million deal worth it. The Philadelphia Phillies will set aside $9.5 million of the $28 million owed to Didi Gregorius under the two-year, $28 million shortstop contract. Gregorius played for the New York Yankees in just 82 games in 2019 due to Tommy John`s surgery and was not his usual self on the field, posting a .238/.276/.441 line. The fact that he came after the best phase of his career was all the more remarkable. Gregorius missed a lot of time for the Yankees in 2019 when he recovered from Tommy John surgery that forced him to repair a torn elbow ligament during the 2018 American League Division Series against Boston. He hit .238 in 2019 with 16 home runs and 61 RBI. Even without a damn good season for the 32-year-old, he`ll be worth the $14.5 million he brings home afterwards.
In one statistic, it is either slightly below the replacement level (-0.3 by WAR of Baseball Reference) or a little better (0.3 by FanGraphs). Anyway, you bake the cookie, it`s not worth the nearly $13 million it earns this year. This performance contrasted sharply with the rest of his career, given that he never had another season with more than three defensive runs at shortstop and, according to FanGraphs, he has been at minus seven since entering the major leagues. Although he had a successful 60-game stint with the club in 2020, it would be difficult to withdraw the team`s money from the deal if it hit more like the 2019 version of itself than the 2020 version. Gregorius, who turns 31 next week, beat .284 in his first season with the Phillies with 10 homers, 40 RBIs and an OPS of .827 in 60 games. The re-signing of Didi Gregorius looks like a costly mistake by the Philadelphia Phillies. His glove, at least, has continued to be above average, as might be expected, but it`s not exactly worthy of a Fielding Bible Award itself. (And remember, he makes $2 million a year in deferred salary from $23 to $26, so it will take some time for this deal to disappear completely.) Gregorius also played a stunning defense and was responsible for eight defensive runs in 2017 that were saved at shortstop.
Gregorius has delivered a golden-glove-caliber defense throughout his career, and his career save percentage of .978 is the fifth-best among players with at least 800 games played in that position since 2012. Shortstop Didi Gregorius remains with the Philadelphia Phillies. “I`m not used to seeing things that way. That was the price to pay for doing business at that very moment,” he said. We expect him to recover next year. We know he`s a better player than he`s played this year. He`s had a tough year this year, but he`s a better player than that. Gregorius, 30, signed a one-year, $14 million contract with Philadelphia in December 2019 after five years with the Yankees. He played all 60 games for the Phillies in 2020, hitting 10 home runs and 40 RBI.
Dombrowski said in January that the Phillies were thrilled to sign Gregorius, who had been one of their best hitters of 2020. Four other shortstops — Freddy Galvis, Andrelton Simmons, Marcus Semien and Kyle Farmer — signed one-year contracts elsewhere before Gregorius received his two-year, $28 million contract. For what`s worth it, Baseball Prospectus` PECOTA projections rank the Phillies third in Eastern Newfoundland behind the Mets and Nationals. Didi Gregorius returns to the Philadelphia Phillies after the free agent shortstop agreed to a two-year, $28 million contract with the team, a source confirmed to ESPN on Saturday. Overall, Gregorius has a .265 career batting average with 120 home runs, 457 strikeouts and a .748 batting average in nine seasons with the Reds, Diamondbacks, Yankees and Phillies. Now that the Phillies are tough on offense and are in the middle of a 4-11 fight that pushed the Phillies below .500, he beat .235 with .592 OPS during that period, usually starting from the four, five, and six spots on the roster. Even if Herrera isn`t in the game, the Phillies are hoping someone will win in midfield. Gregorius entered the winter and was ranked by CBS Sports as the 17th best free agent available. Here`s what we wrote at the time: Maybe PECOTA likes the fact that Gregorius and J.T.
Realmuto are back after the Phillies hinted at the beginning of this offseason that they could both lose due to a sharply reduced payroll. Gregorius could give the Phillies offense a big boost if he`s back in full force and gets his timing. An entire offseason where he can focus on his game instead of recovering from an injury should help him in this quest. It turns out that almost no one in baseball spent more money this offseason than the Phillies. The relegation of Didi Gregorius` production in 2020 to his production this season could be the biggest thing that has held this formation back, apart from the injuries they have struggled with. He was brutal on the record. “You`re looking for someone who can just say, `Hey, it`s mine and you`re not taking it. It`s unclear if the Phillies are done by then or if they`ll add another starting pitcher or perhaps a new center fielder — Philadelphia has already been linked to free agent Jackie Bradley Jr. The 29-year-old Dutchman said in October that he had never found the best form in the second half of the season and in the playoffs.
After applying our Prime % values to our calculated underlying, we get two values. The average of these values becomes our currently calculated market value. Now let`s compare our variables and Gregorius statistically over the two seasons before they were signed. In this case, we analyze: His 2019 campaign started late after he underwent Tommy John surgery. He returned in June and finished the year with a mediocre batting average of .718 and 16 long balls in 82 appearances. Yes, it propels the defending champions Braves to fourth place. “We`ll only see how he behaves at this point, but there`s no guarantee he`s told he`s definitely the shortstop. That`s not to say he can`t play in other positions for us. And maybe we have a DH who will also be part of our club next year.â During this offseason, the Phillies signed a two-year contract with Gregorius for $28 million. With just over a month in its first year of the deal, it`s . doesn`t look so good.. .
