In a sea of blah free agent middle infielders appears to be one of the few that isn't in his mid or late 30's and has a respectable bat.
Here is the list of free agent shortstops:
(38)
(36) - Type B
(39)
(40)
(31)
(34)
(33)
Jr. (35)
(31)
(37) - Type A
(35)
(33)
(34)
(37) - Type A
(31) - Type B
It should be obvious that the Giants would like to have Uribe back, they have a glaring hole at shortstop with no in house option that is ready to step in and give the same value. That leads to what kind of a contract should be coming to Uribe?
Fangraphs asked its readers that very question and got that he is due 2 years at $6 million a season as the median and average. That makes sense as that seems to be the going rate for a 30's middle infielder.
However I think this under shoots what he will end up with. Uribe should be a solid 2 win player with upside to be a 3 win guy, at the marginal cost of a win that puts him in the $8 to $12 million range a season.
Personally I think that with such a weak class and an economy that isn't collapsing spending will increase this winter. My personal opinion is that he will get an additional year or a few million more.
I am thinking that he will get a 2 year $15 million deal or a 3 year $18 million deal and that should be more then fair for the team that signs him which is hopefully the Giants.
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