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Originally Posted by darkhorse
He's 33 and coming off back to back lousy years at the plate. I checked his PECOTA projection for 2007, and it's replacement level, same as his performance the last two seasons.
As to injuries, Stewart played in 132 games (551 at bats) in 2005. Perhaps, he was battling knocks all year long and losing. I dunno.
I prefer Beane V.1 when the A's could hit.
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It was more exciting when we had Giambi, Tejada, ect. That's because we had better hitting *and* better starting pitching then.
But we couldn't afford the better starting pitchers and hitters. We made up for it with better relief and fielding. It makes for more 4 to 3 games instead of the 6 to 5 games.
As for Stewart, he'll probably end up a .270/.330/.380 kind of player. -And I agree, that ain't so good for a left fielder. But as a plug in player that's good enough. There is always the chance that he'll bounce back to what he was before 2005. In fact, I'd think there are better odds of Stewart 'returning to form' than Kielty becoming a plus LF.