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Originally Posted by Splitter24
Not to sound rude, but Trot Nixon has averaged 95 games over the last three seasons. And his RC/27 over the last four seasons are in an alarming state of decline:
2003: 8.66
2004: 7.32
2005: 5.66
2006: 5.02
2007: You don't want to find out
I love Trot. but he turns 33 in April and isn't the type of player who has the broad-based skill set that lends itself to aging well. Heck, he's barely half the player over the last two seasons that he was in 2003. If he opens the season as Boston's starting RF, then I'd be pretty worried about the Red Sox front office.
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I agree with everything that you're saying here. Clearly, Trot isn't the a long-term solution in RF for the Sox, but I would rather have him as a cheap stopgap for a year than have the front office sink a huge amount of money into a long-term contract with Drew (who isn't exactly a sure bet to play 150 games either).
With the market as it is, Trot might be able to convince some poor GM to give him 21 million over 3 years. However, if we could get him to accept arbitration or take a one year deal, I would be all for it.