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Raul Ibanez: good hitter, .286/.346/.472 career

Joey Gathright: bad hitter, .263/.328/.304 career

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Raul Ibanez Marcel-projected 2009 wOBA*: .349

Joey Gathright Marcel-projected 2009 wOBA*: .302

League average Marcel 2009 wOBA*: .330

Raul Ibanez defense: -15, corner OF

Joey Gathright defense: +5, CF

Raul Ibanez projected 2009 WAR: 0.78 (as a regular)

Joey Gathright projected 2009 WAR: 0.94 (as a regular)

Raul Ibanez contract:$31.5m/3yr

Joey Gathright contract: $800k/1yr

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Gathright also jumps cars.

So he provides added entertainment.

Nothing Gathright can do will ever compete with the Ibanez sidebar
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cySfw8f0beg

Seen it, no Lawn Dart
Hater.
People think I hate Griffey too

I don’t hate Griffey. I just find him to be inferior.

Yeah, but nobody has irrational love of Gathright.
Wrong.

I love people with mad hops

I love beer with mad hops
I love you too Graham.
It's not that you hate Griffey

It’s that people hate on Griffey to try and make you think they’re cool.

Not everything is attributable to people trying to suck up to Jeff.

There’s perfectly legit reasons to hate Griffey.

I just want Jeff to acknowledge me
I hate on him for the entertainment value
I think Griffey is inferior as well.
You're goddamn right
All I can think when I watch that is

“This dude is totally going to wind up on the DL for this.”

Car wasn't moving, don't care.
Gathright has nothing on my friend
Dan Larsen

He really is 5’10" and can dunk like Dwight Howard.

Pretty impressive.
That gate jump is kickass.
I still expect

Tuesday’s with Sean Green… to funny to get rid of

You're being pretty conservative with Gathright's defense, too.
What's +/- have to say?
He's not on any of the current one- or three-year leaderboards.

But if we step back a year and look at 2005-2007, he was +33 over that period (fifth in baseball).

UZR has him at +13/150 for his career in CF (291 "defensive games).

I’d be comfortable calling him +10, but I can see why you’d want to be conservative, considering your point is still made even if you’re underrating him.

I looked at the UZR and PMR and decided to ~split the difference

but yeah, when you’re making an argument, it’s best to be conservative in the direction opposite what you’re trying to show.

I always forget to look at PMR.

LF

2007: 519.1 innings, +6 total, +6 enhanced
2008: 9.0 innings, 0, 0

CF:
2006: 1016.2 innings, +5 total, +8 enhanced
2007: 56 innings, -1 total, -1 enhanced
2008: 720 innings, -5, -7

Huh.

UZR must have really loved him in 2005.

2005 seems to have been a big year for Gathright
So the Phillies are dumb?
Ibanez's defense > Burrell's defense.

So yes.

Your premise does not support your conclusion.
The fact that it's only > (if that) as opposed to >>>>> does.
Gathright hit a homerun of Pineiro

He’s already won me over.

I miss Pineiro....

I know that is so wrong.

I miss the Pineiro of 2003.
wow.

nice analysis.

br

LEAVE RAUL ALONE!

All you people care about is readers and making money off of hIm. He’s a human! Leave Raul alone!

all you people want is more, more, more, more, more … leave him alone. You’re lucky he even performed for you bastards. Leave Britney Raul alone … please."

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