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Originally Posted by remangiii
It means that I don't think Roberts is much better than he was in 2004*, regardless of where he ranks on the VORP charts for 2005.
* In 2004, he was one of the better players at an extremely weak position and has no special talents other than the good fortune of being shifted from SS to 2B, because of his weak arm and his inability to be more desirable than other options. I will credit him for turning his career around after it looked like he'd be nothing more than a bum bench player (I'm referring to the turnaround at the end of the 2002 season, when he suddenly started taking walks at the minor league level).
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So you weren't joking? No offense, but that's kind of insane. A .314/.387/.515 season is a great season no matter what position you're playing, and better by an extraordinarily large margin than his .278/.344/.402 2004 season. He's gone from being a pretty good player to being one of the top 10 hitters in the AL. If you don't think it's sustainable, that's understandable, especially on a team Brady Anderson once hit 50 homers for, but give him credit for the phenomenal season he had this year, would you?