Backstop Backups
Time for that Player A, Player B, Player C contrivance, using the average of the five different 2009 projection systems available at FanGraphs.
Ave. | Obp. | Slg. | OPS | |
Player A |
.277 | .311 | .412 | .723 |
Player B |
.212 | .285 | .301 | .585 |
Player C |
.229 | .292 | .363 | .655 |
Player A also has 13 Gold Gloves, 12 All-star Game appearances, an MVP award and a World Series ring.
Player B also has... well... uh... A Funny Middle Name. He's 7 months younger than player A, too.
Player C also has... well... uh... A Funny First Name. And middle name. He's hurt just a bit in this comparsion because he's so incredibly anonymous that he didn't get included in Bill James' projection system, which usually has a tick or two higher offensive projections than the other four projection systems.
If you haven't figured it out yet...
Player A is Ivan Rodriguez, who is coming off a brilliant first round of the WBC and claims to be close to signing a major league contract. We don't know with whom.
Player B is Paul Gabor Bako.
Player C is Koyie Dolan Hill.
I know who I'd like to see as a mentor and backup to Soto.
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