Ryan Howard cut from Braves minor league contract

markinca · 05-08-2017, 09:11 PM

Probably the end of the line for him, even though he says he still has something in the tank.

First off, I didn't even know he was even in the Braves system to begin with. Anyway, the guy is 37 and he was bad even before he was old, but after looking on baseball-reference, I didn't realize he was THAT bad.

He won the MVP in 2006, his first full season in the majors, and then from 2010-2016, he was literally worthless (more precisely, less than worthless), putting up -2.1 bWAR TOTAL (yes, that's a negative) for those 7 years, while being paid $154M. Wow.

I don't remember any MVP falling off that massively that fast. Here's to hoping teams are smarter now and there won't be many more 'Ryan Howard contracts' in the future.

05-08-2017, 09:11 PM	#1
markinca Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,936 MarkInCA	Ryan Howard cut from Braves minor league contract Probably the end of the line for him, even though he says he still has something in the tank. First off, I didn't even know he was even in the Braves system to begin with. Anyway, the guy is 37 and he was bad even before he was old, but after looking on baseball-reference, I didn't realize he was THAT bad. He won the MVP in 2006, his first full season in the majors, and then from 2010-2016, he was literally worthless (more precisely, less than worthless), putting up -2.1 bWAR TOTAL (yes, that's a negative) for those 7 years, while being paid $154M. Wow. I don't remember any MVP falling off that massively that fast. Here's to hoping teams are smarter now and there won't be many more 'Ryan Howard contracts' in the future. Last edited by markinca; 05-08-2017 at 09:26 PM.