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'cause James calculated Blair, in the early 70's, to be the best CF who ever played. Consistently -20 runs per season, not subject to fluctuation.
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I see Gutierrez as a verrrrrrrry fine CF who might or might not be one of the 30, 40 best center fielders ever.
Granted, nobody is going to exceed his 2009-10 numbers. But every CF who ever got significant time in Safeco had numbers much better than his real ability. Randy Winn was a plus fulltime CF here.
Put Gutierrez in Baltimore and is he going to be saving 20 runs a year there?
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But at any rate, Guti and Blair are pretty neat comps, both being league-leading defenders and 110-OPS types.