Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
January 25, 2005
Gone Fishin'

Carlos Delgado has agreed to a deal with the Marlins which should net him close to $13 million a season for at least four years. A nice pickup for the Marlins. The Marlins got 14 win shares out of their first basemen last year. Delgado contributed 17 in a partial season. Delgado is one of those great hitters who both gets on base and hits for power.

This gives the Marlins a fairly fearsome middle of the order with Delgado, Lowell and Cabrera. If Lo Duca and Pierre can get on base decently, the Fish should fly across the plate.

It also puts Delgado closer to his home of Puerto Rico, which probably helped. However, expect his home run totals to go down as Dolphin Stadium is a tough home run park, especially on lefties.


Posted by David Pinto at 06:37 PM | Free Agents | TrackBack (1)
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Did Carlos Delgado play in the minor leagues for the Daytona Cubs?
When I was in elementary school (about 12 years ago), some guy by that name came in and talked to us, along with another guy named Dan Smith.
I haven't been able to find anything on him, so I was wondering if you knew.

Posted by: Jenna at January 25, 2005 11:15 PM

Doesn't look like it.

Posted by: sabernar at January 25, 2005 11:36 PM

Delgado gives the Marlins a powerful bat, but they had one before in Derrek Lee (granted, not as much power, but better defense and better speed). After the 03 season, they said they coudn't afford Lee, so they traded him for Choi and PTBNL.

Lee had 21 win shares last year and is still in his prime. In two or three years, my guess is that the Marlins will wish they still had Lee.

Posted by: Mike H at January 26, 2005 12:20 PM
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