Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 26, 2007
Replacing Cabrera

The Marlins signed Jose Castillo. Castillo can play second or third, and it's likely some combination of Castillo and Uggla will man those two positions. I haven't seen terms yet, but given his carrer OPS of .677, I can't believe he signed for much money. Cabrera had a VORP of 71.4 in 2007, Castillo -8.1 in about 1/3 of the plate appearances. That means Castillo was about 8 wins worse than Cabrera in 2007. Eight wins less for the Marlins gives them the worst record in the National League. In terms of rate, Cabrera's VORP is .457 per game. Castillo's was -0.151. So over 162 games. Castillo costs you 24 runs vs. a replacement player, while Cabrera earns you 74! So eight wins might be conservative.

It's one thing to trade away stars to gain future talent. But there's no excuse to then go out and sign someone who can't even play as well as someone you could call up from AAA.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:17 AM | Free Agents | TrackBack (0)
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Watch the Fish win it all in 2010...then dismantle the team.

Posted by: tony at December 27, 2007 01:29 AM
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