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Old 11-06-2009, 03:10 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TribeFanInNC View Post
Let's not go crazy here. His 2009 VORP was 0.1. He can't have a .659 OPS and be a 'very valuable player'. He needs to hit closer to 2007/2008.

Still, it didn't seem that Gomez was the answer. Or at least not yet. Maybe in 3 years.
VORP doesn't factor in defensive contribution. He was a +1.4 win player in less than a full season in 2009, even with the offensive problems. He’d have been nearly a 2 win player if he hadn’t been sent down solely to postpone free agency.

Plus his BABIP was was abnormally low, at something like .258
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