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Rivera the first multi-year free agent to pay out

July 8th, 2009, 9:54 am · Post a Comment · posted by Sam Miller, The Orange County Register

It’s official. After his second home run last night, Juan Rivera has now been worth $13 million to the Angels, more than the entire amount he’ll be paid for his three-year contract.

That’s according to the Wins Above Replacement metric and the average value of a win on the free agent market, both available at Fangraphs. Rivera has been nearly 15 runs better than the average Major League hitter, a surprising eight runs better than the average Major League defender, and 2.9 wins better than replacement level. Since a win typically costs $4.5 million on the free agent market, Rivera has been worth $13 million already. His contract calls for him to be paid $12.75 million over three seasons. So the Angels are playing with house money now, especially considering what the computers predicted.

He’s the first free agent signed to a multi-year deal this winter to earn his keep so quickly. The rest:

Player Years Million Value so far
M. Teixeira 8 180 $11.1
C. Sabbathia 7 161 $12.0
M. Ramirez 2 45 $6.5
A. Burnett 5 82.5 $6.0
D. Lowe 4 60 $8.6
R. Furcal 3 30 $5.0
A. Dunn 2 20 $3.8
R. Dempster 4 52 $6.2
M. Bradley 3 30 ($1.4)
O. Perez 3 36 ($0.7)
P. Burrell 2 16 ($0.9)
K. Wood 2 20.5 ($0.1)
J. Affeldt 2 8 $3.2
F. Rodriguez 3 37 $2.9
B. Fuentes 2 17.5 $4.0
J. Cruz 2 6 $0.4
K. Uehara 2 10 $7.5
E. Renteria 2 18.5 $1.7
C. Blake 3 17.5 $11.0
R. Ibanez 3 31.5 $14.0
J. Rivera 3 12.75 $13.0
K. Kawakami 3 23 $4.2
J. Moyer 2 13 ($0.9)
R. Vazquez 2 4 $0.7
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