posted by Al Bundy
He's 29 years old. He has 119 homeruns and is a .277 hitter. He's never made an all-star team and is a poor defender. I'll stick with calling that average. Also, his best stats have come against the tribe. I'll root for him because I'm a tribe fan, and he will probably do better than the crap that we put out there last year. I really wish that the Dolans would sell the team. It has gone downhill so much since they have bought it.
MVP 17 last year. MVP 18 the year before. OPS+ closer to “very good” than “average” the last 4 years. He has a career BABIP of over .300, last year being the lone outlier of .248, which likely means he hits the ball hard.
Anyway, I’m not trying to defend him because it’s a blah signing and he will help but not take them to a title. But he’s better than average and much, much better than the Tribe has trotted out recently.
Honestly, if we had signed him either of the last 2-3 off seasons, I’d have been way more pumped. But now we have a depleted roster and as pseudo in re-build mode pending some perfect seasons all coming together. So, not sure why they are deciding to go for the little upgrades this year.