There are eight questions in the final mailbag of 2018. The inbox was kinda empty during the holiday week, so the pickin’s were slim. Send your questions to RABmailbag (at) gmail (dot) com.
Trevor asks (short version): Granted looking backward isn’t the same as looking forward but I worry about a Jason Heyward comp for Machado. Is there some other underlying number (exit velocity, out of zone chase rate, etc.) that leads you to believe that he is a different guy? An extra 20 HR is significant but a 10 year $300 mil contract seems insane to me.