[DD Martin]

Originally Posted by Westheim

Fun Fact: More than a month into the season, Dallas’ Tyler Wharton (.297, 12 HR, 31 RBI) and Milwaukee’s Fidel Carrera (.282, 7 HR, 30 RBI) were still almost driving in a run per game.

Carrera will be a discussion at a later date, but Tyler Wharton was in his tenth year in terms of service time and there was a reasonable argument to be made that he was already getting into the Hall of Fame if he shattered his legs skateboarding tomorrow and couldn’t continue with baseball. As a 29-year-old, he already had five Player of the Year awards, four batting titles, a home run crown, two RBI championships, a triple crown, and had led the FL in batter WAR for the last six years straight.

He was hitting .327/.405/.531 for his career, with 1,565 hits, 214 homers, 885 RBI, and 195 stolen bases. Oh, did I mention the EIGHT Gold Gloves and the six Platinum Sticks, and the two World Series rings?

Man’s a beast!

He’s a free agent after next season, too. Maybe we’ll have money by then.

Doesn’t he play in a sandbox in Dallas? Even if the club can paw enough cash together is he a risky signing going to the heavy rain air of the PNW. Wonder how his splits are for his career or is he a killer everywhere.

My fear for the Rac’s is he’d leave his bat in Dallas