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Beltran in 795 games as a Royal compiled 24.6 WAR, or 4.1 WAR per season. As a Met he was in 839 games and compiled 31.1 WAR or 4.5 WAR per season. He was an All Star in four those Met seasons and a top 25 MVP award finisher three times.
His main problem wasn't the quality of his play, it was his poor luck with health which kept him out of the lineup, especially the last two years with NY.
eteran free-agent second baseman Mark Ellis and the St. Louis Cardinals have come to an agreement in principal on a one-year contract pending a physical, sources have told ESPN.
Ellis, an 11-year MLB veteran, batted .264 over his last two seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers and has been was one of the steadiest fielders in the major leagues.
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Ellis will give the Cardinals a reliable glove. He is listed as a plus-12 in Baseball Info Solutions' runs-saved rankings. Boston's Dustin Dustin Pedroia, with a plus-15, was the only second baseman to finish with a higher ranking
So who will be the Dodgers starting secondbaseman in 2014?
The Cuban signee, Guerrero. Beyond Gordon, they have no backup infielders. They lost Ellis to St. Louis, Punto to Oakland, and Hairston to the broadcasting booth. Adam Kennedy wants to play again. Perhaps they sign him.
The Cuban signee, Guerrero. Beyond Gordon, they have no backup infielders. They lost Ellis to St. Louis, Punto to Oakland, and Hairston to the broadcasting booth. Adam Kennedy wants to play again. Perhaps they sign him.
Maybe they could reel Uribe back into the fold. He did give them one decent year for his three year money.
Maybe they could reel Uribe back into the fold. He did give them one decent year for his three year money.
The Dodgers did just agree to terms with Uribe a couple days. He wanted three years; Dodgers wanted just one, but gave him two because Miami wanted him as well.
Free-agent second baseman Brian Roberts has reached an agreement on a one-year contract with the New York Yankees, a baseball source confirmed to ESPN.com.
The deal is worth $2 million and includes incentives, a source told ESPNNewYork.com.
Roberts, 36, has spent his entire 13-year career with the Baltimore Orioles. He is a two-time All-Star with a .349 career on-base percentage, 278 stolen bases and three seasons of 50 or more doubles. But he's been plagued by injuries and hasn't appeared in more than 77 games since 2009.
The Yankees need someone to play secondbase, but this doesn't look like a very good solution. The team is already awash in older players who are having trouble staying in the lineup and now they have another. In the last four seasons, the now 36 year old Roberts has played in 59, 39, 17 and 77 games. Roberts recorded 0.7 WAR in 2013 and he will replacing someone who racked up 7.O WAR.
Say...didn't Soriano start out as a secondbaseman?
Of course it isn't like there was anything worthwhile still left among free agents, the only three unsigned secondbaseman are Alexi Cassilla, Chris Getz and Ramon Santiago. Miguel Tejada is listed as a free agent secondbaseman, but.......
Last edited by Grandstander; 12-17-2013 at 01:40 PM..
275 41 116 130 runs, 276 33 112 93 runs, 284 27 112 116 runs, 300 22 84 78 runs. And at the time the best defensive centerfielder in baseball. With Jacoby Ellsbury a clearly inferior player gets 20 million, Choo looking for the same(all the same while being an awful defensive player). Beltran deserved every penny the mets paid him. Even though he has hurt quite a bit.
He was clearly inferior when Beltran was in his prime. Sorry I wasn't clear.
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Cardinals to add 2B Mark Ellis
