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April just doesn't seem to be his month. May is good to him though, and it's time to flip the calendars. Hopefully he hits about 8 long ones this month
2009 Attendance Record: 3-5 2010 Attendance Record: 2-9 2015 Attendance Record: 2-0
2011 Attendance Record: 3-4 2012 Attendance Record: 3-4
2013 Attendance Record: 5-2 2014 Attendance Record: 3-1
Last year 56 major leaguers had an .800 OPS or higher.
1 Josh Hamilton*
2 Miguel Cabrera
3 Joey Votto*
4 Albert Pujols
5 Jose Bautista
6 Paul Konerko
7 Carlos Gonzalez*
8 Troy Tulowitzki
9 Matt Holliday
10 Jayson Werth
11 Adrian Beltre
12 Robinson Cano*
13 Adrian Gonzalez*
14 Luke Scott*
15 David Ortiz*
16 Ryan Zimmerman
17 Adam Dunn*
18 Aubrey Huff*
19 Shin-Soo Choo*
20 Evan Longoria
21 Dan Uggla
22 Prince Fielder*
23 Joe Mauer*
24 Nick Swisher#
25 Ryan Braun
26 Corey Hart
27 Kelly Johnson*
28 Ryan Howard*
29 Colby Rasmus*
30 Billy Butler
31 Andre Ethier*
32 David Wright
33 Scott Rolen
34 Hanley Ramirez
35 Carl Crawford*
36 Jason Heyward*
37 Alex Rodriguez
38 Vernon Wells
39 Jay Bruce*
40 Mark Teixeira#
41 Victor Martinez#
42 Vladimir Guerrero
43 Chase Utley*
44 Rickie Weeks
45 Brian McCann*
46 Delmon Young
47 Andres Torres#
48 Carlos Quentin
49 Hideki Matsui*
50 Torii Hunter
51 Alfonso Soriano
52 Andrew McCutchen
53 Stephen Drew*
54 Martin Prado
55 Nick Markakis*
56 Casey McGehee
How many of these guys were easily obtainable for little talent or a cheap contract this offseason? And how many of them provide the defensive production that Bruce provides?
Hoping to change my username to 75769024
Hoping to change my username to 75769024
If he produces at the rate he did last year, is absolutely, 100% worth the amount be paid. 5 win players go for around $20-$25M a year in the free agent market. The most Bruce will make in a season is $12M. And no, 5 win players are absolutely not "replaceable" for the Reds, as they don't have that kind of money to spend in free agency obviously.
Five wins, as edabbs pointed out, based in no small part on a very generous defensive rating -- and I'm bearish on exactly how much weight you can give defensive skill in these kinds of metrics.
There were 56 major leaguers that had an OPS of .800 or higher. Break the number down -- there are only 254 starting players in the major leagues, so that means roughly 22% of all big league starters had an OPS of .800 or better. If you break it down to just outfielders, there are 25 guys on the list with an OPS over .800, which works out to 27% of all ML outfielders.
That doesn't exactly scream "rare" to me.
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I don't pretend to know what weight defense is to be given -- it's worth something, but it's worth is not nearly as quantifiable as offense. I understand WAR, but I find a certain amount of voodoo science is involved when you mix objective and verifiable with elements of the subjective. And, more to the point, I was merely responding to the assertion that a major league ballplayer who can OPS north of .800 is a rarity.
Last edited by Caveat Emperor; 05-01-2011 at 02:59 PM.
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