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At what point is a player so inept that he shouldn't be on the field.  :shrug:
I grew up with guys like Greg Luzinski, Boog Powell and Dave Kingman playing, so to me when people nowadays say that Raul Ibanez is an embarrassment who shouldn't own a glove, it sounds a bit extreme...
Once again, I note that Gomez runs well -- very good SX scores for a left fielder, e.g. 16 SB's all levels in 2007 -- so my first question is the proof that he's a bad left fielder, before I ask whether he's a laughingstock in LF.
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I notice that on the Fans' Scouting Report, Gomes is rated above Johnny Damon, Delmon Young, and a bunch of guys...
If Gomes were here, you wouldn't be talking about his playing 140 games in left.  You're talking more like 40 games in left, perhaps on days when groundball pitchers are out there, if necessary.
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In general, I hate to see ballplayers labeled "can't be allowed on the field" so easily.  
With Cust or Dunn, fine.  But if Jonny Gomes can't be allowed on the field, well, there are about 70 starting players on FSR ranked lower than Gomes, who also shouldn't be on the field, I guess....