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Tuesday, February 17, 2004New Faces & New Places, part 3We’ve gone over the major new arrivals to the Halo’s clubhouse this year in these posts, now its time to cover those players going the other way. Brad Fulmer I am deeply disappointed to see Brad go. Acquired from Toronto after the 2001 season, Fulmer was the answer to the Angels pitiful DH production from the previous season (if you recall the Angels went through Jose Canseco, Glen-Allen Hill, Shawn Wooten, Wally Joyner and several others in the 2001 season). In Toronto he showed good power but was considered a free-swinger. Fulmer put up solid numbers in Anaheim, greatly improving his plate patience, but never finding his homerun swing in his two years of service. In the championship season he led the club in OPS (.888) and last season he was quite possibly the Angels best hitter before losing his season to injury after just 63 games. I’m sure that Brad was a little offended by the fact that, despite putting up excellent numbers, he was platooned during his stay in Anaheim. I’m sure the rather large paycut (from $4m in 2002 to $1m in ’03) didn’t help things either. He was certainly a key piece of the championship puzzle in 2002, and TPG wishes him the best in Texas- just not against the Angels. Shawn Wooten: Wooten was obviously a fan favorite in Anaheim (I must admit- I too enjoyed calling “wooooooooooot!” when he walked up to the plate), but he never put up the numbers to justify it. He’s a decent hitter to be sure, but is best suited to a reserve role. In 93 games last year he put up .243/.303/.349- pitiful numbers. I don’t think those are necessarily indicative of his skills as a hitter, but he will never be more then an average player. He needs to get some plate discipline if he is ever too take that next step- but I don’t see that happening. I want to go more in-depth with the departure of Scott Spezio, so I’ll cover that tomorrow. |
