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How long until spring training? I know it's January when there is nothing interesting going on.
Anyway, Rajai Davis. To me he's pretty close to perfect as a fourth outfielder. He can play any of the 3 outfield spots, though Farrell didn't seem to like him in CF. I would have liked if he could have given Colby Rasmus a few days off last year, let Colby sit against some lefties. Rajai is great to have on the bench, waiting for a spot when a pinch runner is needed or pinch hit against a lefty. He showed a little power last year, hitting a career high 8 home runs. And he'd work well in a platoon with Adam Lind, if that Gibbons decides to go that way around.
I think he played too much last year, but we had a bunch of injuries, as well as a lack of production from the players expected to be out in left field. He played 142 games, putting up a 0.5 WAR. He wasn't bad, but he wasn't good either.
He did make one amazing catch:
His numbers the last three years:
Year | Age | Tm | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | 29 | OAK | 143 | 525 | 66 | 149 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 52 | 50 | 11 | 26 | 78 | .284 | .320 | .377 | .697 | 91 |
2011 | 30 | TOR | 95 | 320 | 44 | 76 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 15 | 63 | .238 | .273 | .350 | .623 | 67 |
2012 | 31 | TOR | 142 | 447 | 64 | 115 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 46 | 13 | 29 | 102 | .257 | .309 | .378 | .687 | 86 |
7 Yrs | 713 | 2100 | 302 | 566 | 117 | 23 | 21 | 200 | 223 | 62 | 130 | 384 | .270 | .317 | .377 | .694 | 87 |
This year? Bill James has him at 100 games, .259/.313/.360, 3 home runs, 25 steals. Maybe a few more games than I expect him to play, but I guess it depends on how often Gibbons uses him to pinch run. And whether he feels Davis should go in as a defensive replacement for Cabrera sometimes. Gibbons might decide that Bonifacio is better for both of those roles.
I'll guess 80 games. .270/.310/.350, 20 steals.