he's 23. Thats like saying that since Homer Bailey has never had better than a 5.76 ERA he will never get any better than that...
OK to make you guys happy I'll agree he doesn't play "great" CF defense... I'll settle on "very good"
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The Cabrera minor league numbers do worry me a bit, but I have confidence in those 2006 Yankees stats and the fact that he was only 21 at the time.
28 FRAR in CF, which is 13 above average, and equates to about one win?
Other Top CF's FRAR in 2007:
Torii Hunter 16
Carlos Beltran 28
Grady Sizemore 12
Curtis Granderson 40
Andruw Jones 27
Vernon Wells 13
Aaron Rowand 24
Coco Crisp 43
"Jay Bruce can not start in 2 outfield positions simultaneously."
I wouldn't be so sure..
Cabrera couldnt slug what you think is reasonable in his minor league career what proof is there that in he majors hes going to just gain power against better pitching thats in the majors?
Year Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS SB% BB K BA OBP SLG TB SH IBB HBP GDP OPS
2005 NYA AL 6 19 19 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 2 .211 .211 .211 4 0 0 0 0 .421
2006 NYA AL 130 524 460 75 129 26 2 7 50 12 5 70.6% 56 59 .280 .360 .391 180 5 3 2 9 .752
2007 NYA AL 150 612 545 66 149 24 8 8 73 13 5 72.2% 43 68 .273 .327 .391 213 10 0 5 14 .718
Year Tm Lg RC GPA P/PA LD% BA/BIP GB% IF/F HR/F BA/RISP Clutch
2005 NYA AL 0 .147 2.6 18.8% .235 37.5% N/A 0.0% .000 -0.8
2006 NYA AL 71 .267 3.7 17.2% .309 49.5% 12.9% 5.3% .305 1.9
2007 NYA AL 71 .247 3.7 19.7% .295 51.2% 11.6% 5.7% .272 -0.9
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