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Dwayne Takeda
I guess no one is as bad as they seem when they’re on the Angels. Except Brandon Wood.
HaloeD
mathis hit above the mendoza line ONCE for the angels… his rookie year (2005). And he went 1 for 3 with 3 plate appearances. and then in his “career year” (2009) with the angels, his avg was .211 and if u didnt think that was a blackhole in the lineup already, believe it or not his hitting actually declined every year till we showed him the door
2009: .211/.288/.308
2010: .195/.219/.278
2011: .174/.225/.259
watching him bat was like watching a kid at the public pool swinging a pool noodle around
Runtime
The sad part is:
Mathis has much more value that poor ol’ Brad Mills.
HaloeD
dont get me wrong, mathis is a great defensive player. he just prefers to hit with a pvc pipe
Runtime
Hitting at any of the AL East ballparks is bound to improve your batting stats.
I couldn’t imagine seeing Mathis bat in Oakland or Seattle…
Goose_Gaskins
Or Anaheim.
Foo Chin
Excellent article!
mmurphf
I love me some Naps…but, he is a career ‘.250 something’ ball player. His career year was last year and he will never see it like it was last year. He has been in pro ball for awhile folks and the numbers don’t lie. I would offer him $13M and incentives that would take him to $15M. No multi-year contract till he ‘does it’ again.
go_jays_go
Basically, that sounds as if you are willing to go slightly over the qualifying offer for draft pick compensation.
I’m just wondering why Griper suggested, “Napoli would seek a contract worth more than Victor Martinez’s 4yr/$52MM deal and less than Yadier Molina’s 5yr/$75MM deal”?
IMHO V-Mart is better than Napoli even though he’s 3 years older.
mmurphf
Agree with you. That comment by Naps was made a longtime ago. If the rangers had a chance to get V I think they would and forget naps