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Monday, August 08, 2005Don't call it hindsightOffered as a companion to this comment over at Rob's place, I give you the available shortstops who would have been a better value than Orlando Cabrera:
Chone Figgins: 138.35% of the value at 4.88% of the cost.Yep - that's every major free-agent shortstop with the exception of Cristian Guzman and Nomar Garciaparra. Which one of these guys should be starting for the Angels? Take your pick. If you picked Neifi Perez, pick again. Comments:"If you think Rich Aurilia is better than Orlando Cabrera, you're high." You're probably right. But I'd still take one year of Rich Aurilia at $500,000 over 4 years of Cabrera at $32 million in a heartbeat. And I was coming down when I wrote this. So there. Izturus. Why didn't the Angels use that money for Glaus as the every day DH and spot starter at third? Because Glaus did not want to DH and they had to have the spot at least partially open in case GA couldn't cut it in the field or Finley failed miserably in the field but hit well. Yes, you're right about Neifi! (exclamation point required). The only two places he hits like that are Coors and Wrigley. Matt: You'd take Cabrera's 5 saved runs/per 100 games over Polanco's 10? Cabrera's glove may be better this season than last, but it's not irreplaceable by any means. Richard, Polanco isn't really an SS. He has played there but he has poor range for the position and is only spot SS at best, definately not a starter. I assume you kept him in this list because he could play 2nd or 3rd and they could put Izturis or Figgins at short. As to the O-Cab signing, it was probably one of the worst of the offseason right from the get go. When Figgins, AK, Mchpherson could have made up the infield with Izturis there as the pleasant surpise utility infielder. |
