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TDs3nOut
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Interesting move. He is capable of making a difference, but he is certainly not used to doing so. Will he put NYY over the top in a tight ALE race?
Interesting move. He is capable of making a difference, but he is certainly not used to doing so. Will he put NYY over the top in a tight ALE race?
If he can hit at his career averages (113 OPS+), it would be be a plus. If he continues to hit at the level he's hitting this year, then he's not much of an upgrade (if an upgrade at all) at 3rd.
Headley was a pretty underrated player.
That White Sox lineup.... Woof
If he can hit at his career averages (113 OPS+), it would be be a plus. If he continues to hit at the level he's hitting this year, then he's not much of an upgrade (if an upgrade at all) at 3rd.
Yea, he still had value in many of his non-2012 years, even if he wasn't hitting for much power.
Headley is a good example of why you shouldn't get too excited about a guy breaking out of obscurity with a fine year at an advanced baseball age (28 for him)...doesn't apply to Japanese stars coming over, Hamilton being a crackhead when he should have been playing, and (looking at history) guys coming out of the ***** Leagues.
I don't think anyone is realistically expecting him to duplicate that outlier season. However, many of his other years have been above average by 3B standards, so if he hits at his 2011 or 2013 levels for example, that'll be a positive for the Yankees.