Ichiro will correct but Figgins is toast? Cameron was right, Figgins is swinging at too many bad pitches. His walk rate this season is half of what it was last season. Historically bad? He's -.5 WAR according to Fangraphs, but B-Ref has him at 0.0. Last season, playing at perhaps his least comfortable position, he managed 1.1.
Figgins can give you 2.0 WAR. He's signed for what, 8 mil a year? What do you pay for WAR these days on the market? About $4 mil. If this is Z's albatross, it's a pretty minor one.
Don't bury Chone too early. There is a very good chance he'll adjust. I've seen him sting the ball, even during this lousy streak of his. He plays a very good defense at 3rd. Yeah, he needs to be dropped in the order. He needs to get back to his selectiveness at the bat. I doubt pitchers ever pitched him carefully because they feared his ability to drive the ball. Figgins was the guy you feared on the basepaths. So long as he still has legs and keeps his eye, he'll find a way to get on base. Over-aggressiveness, he's hopefully learning, is not the way.
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