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... I hadn't seen those Zduriencik quotes.  Very interesting, even if my own impression of Z as uber-scout has been modified lately :- )
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Totally agree with the idea that a .280/.350/.460 1B is much more valuable than people think it is.  If DJ is a plus glove at all at 1B -- he should be, as a drafted 3B -- then you're talking 3-4 WAR.   Check the M's leaderboards on WAR.
People might not have noticed that none, and we mean NONE, of the good-hitting 1B's are plus first basemen according to UZR.
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One thing we don't talk about enough at SSI, is the worth of a club-controls 3 WAR player making At SSI, I spend too much time countering Cameron's fixation on underpaying players, and as a result the entire community SSI swings the pendulum a bit too far away from that.  If D.J. Peterson is legimately hitting .280/.350/.460 in his second year, with a good 1B glove, then he is worth a LOT.  He's worth a net $15-20M per year.
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As everybody knows, I think there is a very large % chance he does NOT do that, but then again I'm no expert on D.J.
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We could add a lot more, but it would be repeating Gordon above :- )