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You can get an awfully soft WAR by taking 25 runs through fielding and another 10 runs through a BB spike. ;- )
Ask our 3B... he convinced everybody he was a 50-runs guy .... whoops, what was this guy supposed to be doing for us again?
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Gardner had one (1) year with sparkly WAR, as Figgins had one career year. That's another soft aspect to his resume. This year, with fielding and OBP down a bit, he's on pace for about 3 WAR. ... league-average bat, probably good defense.
Not saying that Gardner's worthless - just saying I'd be real careful about paying for All-Star production there. Figgins burned us, but good.
If you're going to commit to a MOTO outfielder, make sure it's 5 WAR hard on the barrelhead...
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