Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
January 06, 2004
Career Not Over?

There is some buzz that the Diamondbacks are going to sign Robby Alomar. It also looks like Roberto will earn less than the $8 million dollars he was payed last year. Over Christmas, I wondered why there wasn't much buzz about Alomar:


The last two season he's put up OBA's 40 points below his career average, with no power. He's a free agent likely looking for megabucks, and teams are now smart enough to know that he's a bad investment at eight figures, and even at high seven figures.

It looks like his salary will be in the low seven figures. At that price, it's worth the risk to see if he can come back to somewhere close to his previous form. If he can put up a .370-.380 OBA for the DBacks, it will be worth the investment.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:13 AM | Free Agents | TrackBack (0)