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JaguarsOverall: 32 Title track: 62 Ownership: 21 Coaching: 61 Players: 45 Fan
relations: 43 Affordability: 3 Stadium experience: 13 Bang for the buck: 89
Change from last year:?+32The Jaguars are making progress much quicker in the
Ultimate Standings than they are on the field. The team jumped up 32 spots to
No. 32 -- a significant leap considering the Jaguars went 12-36 in 2013-15 (and
24 of those losses came by double digits). Its Year 4 of the rebuild under GM
Dave Caldwell and coach Gus Bradley, and its time for all that work to begin
paying off.Whats goodFor the second year in a row, the Jaguars offer the most
affordable game-day experience in the NFL, even after raising the average ticket
price by 3.6 percent. That number still comes in just under $60, which is
reasonable considering the premium seating the Jaguars have added over the past
several season (cabanas with pool access and field-level seats are two examples)
as well as the newly renovated club seat areas. In addition, the price of
concessions and parking still comes in below the NFL average, which makes a trip
to EverBank Field one of the biggest values in sports.Whats badBut even with
those cheap tickets, the team still isnt providing much value in terms of wins
per dollar. The Jaguars did improve slightly in this category, thanks to five
wins in 2015 (two more than the previous season), but thats as good as it has
been for the franchise over the past five seasons. The Jaguars havent had a
winning record since 2007 -- also the last time they made the playoffs -- and
have won more than five games in a season just twice in that span (seven in 2009
and eight in 2010). Its affordable to go to a Jaguars game -- but its not very
rewarding.Whats newIts amazing what two more victories in 2015 and an offseason
in which the team added a lot of defensive talent can do for expectations. The
Jaguars jumped up 33 spots in title track, which represents championships won or
expected within the lifetime of the current fans. (Of course, the voting was
done in August, before the teams 2-3 start that included an embarrassing
24-point loss at San Diego in Week 2.) The Jaguars actually rank ahead of 13
other NFL teams, including Houston (72), Kansas City (71) and Cincinnati (75) --
but below San Francisco (51), which is led by former Jaguars QB Blaine Gabbert,
whom the franchise traded away in 2014.Next: Houston Texans?| Full rankings
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Left fielder Yoenis Cespedes would not have returned to the New York Mets
without a full no-trade clause as part of his new four-year, $110 million
contract, agent Brodie Van Wagenen said Wednesday.Without the ability to secure
his future here, he wouldnt have signed here, Van Wagenen said as Cespedes new
contract with the club was announced at a news conference at Citi Field. That
was absolutely a deal point that had to be part of the contract.Since arriving
from Cuba for the 2012 season, Cespedes has been traded away by three teams and
twice become a free agent after contracts with the Mets expired. So Cespedes
valued having a stable home, especially in a place where he has thrived and he
has enjoyed.Ive experienced that now several times with Oakland, Boston, Detroit
and then coming here, Cespedes said through an interpreter. I didnt like that
feeling of just when I was starting to get comfortable with the team that I
could be gone. So that was a very important part for me.Van Wagenen provided
additional explanation.Its easier for players to be loyal if its the only
organization theyve ever known, Van Wagenen said. I think David Wright has
demonstrated that here with this franchise that homegrown players oftentimes
have a desire to be here. I think it is unique that a player that is traded for
at the trade deadline signs up for another term because he had such a great
experience.Cespedes four-year deal matches the longest awarded to a free agent
during Sandy Aldersons seven winters as Mets general manager. Curtis Granderson
received a four-year contract during the 2013-14 offseason, although that was
for a relatively modest $60 million.It is a four-year contract, Alderson said.
Its not a five-, six-, seven-, eight-year contract. ... [Four years] from our
standpoint was much more desirable. But I think, as has been pointed out, when
you get to a certain point and your team is on the brink, youve got to take some
risks financially and performance-wise. This is someething we thought we could
live with and, in fact, thought we needed to do.
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whether he would remain with the Mets, although that was his strong preference.I
wasnt 100 percent sure, but what I did know was that my teammates and a lot of
the people in the organization, they were really rooting for me to be back,
Cespedes said. I didnt know for sure. But in my heart, thats what I really
wanted it to be.Alderson offered his take.I felt fairly confident that we would
be a strong contender. But youre never quite sure what may happen, Alderson
said. He signed a four-deal with us with a very high AAV [average annual value],
but somebody could have come in with a Justin Upton?kind of contract [six years,
$132.75 million]. Then, who knows? But I felt good that, one, we wanted him back
and, two, he wanted to come back -- and that we were going to have to reach a
reasonable accommodation on the value of the contract, but that given his
interest in returning that was going to be a possibility.Van Wagenen said the
labor issue and the possibility of a lockout that would suspend free agency did
not factor into the decision.Aldersons next task is to trade one of his surplus
outfielders. Either Jay Bruce or Granderson is expected to be dealt. Bruce ($13
million) and Granderson ($15 million) both are free agents after the 2017
season.Alderson did not acknowledge which outfielder he would trade from the
Mets collection.But Alderson did say regarding next weeks winter meetings: Weve
come a long way from no outfield to an overcrowded one. But thats a nicer
problem to have, and well deal with it next week in some way.The bottom line,
according to Cespedes, is that he never wanted to leave.The way Im treated, just
the way the fans support me and this team, it really makes this place feel like
home, Cespedes said. ' ' '