January 09, 2003
Tulip Mania:
The Florida Marlins have signed Todd Hollandsworth:
"We're fortunate to get a quality athlete, plus that left-handed bat," Marlins manager Jeff Torborg said. "Those guys that were with us all last year heard me talk about needing a left-handed bat from the middle of the season on ... and this was the opportunity to do that."
I'm not sure they are quite that fortunate. Hollandsworth had a big fallof in his road numbers last year:
2002 Home Road
BA .358 .224
OBA .429 .272
Slug .606 .346
In his first two years in Colorado, he hit well on the road, so I don't know if last year was a fluke, or a real falloff in his ability. In Miami, he's moving to a good pitchers park. If the 2002 road numbers are for real, we could see a huge falloff in his production this year.
Posted by David Pinto at
11:31 AM
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