Kevin Millar - Worst 1st Baseman in Baseball???

[MPK76]

According to Dayn Perry, Kevin Millar is the worst player in all of MLB at 1st base.....

1B — Kevin Millar, Orioles

Last season, the 36-year-old Millar hit .254 AVG/.365 OBP/.420 SLG, while the average major-league first baseman hit .276 AVG/.357 OBP/.463 SLG. Millar took his walks, but that's about all he did in 2007. Throw in the fact that he's a liability with the glove and on the bases, and you've got a player who would be best deployed as nothing more than a pinch-hitter against lefties.

[obannon35]

According to Dayn Perry, Kevin Millar is the worst player in all of MLB at 1st base.....

Not to mention that he's a traitor and publicly supported our division rival during the world series, he should probably just leave so I never have to look at his sorry scumbag self again.

[jcumansky28]

He forgot to add that Millar is also the Worst Teammate and the Worst Homer. The O's could waive him and I'd be happy. Lame bat, lamer banter, horrible p.r.--just cut him and Gibbons loose and you'll improve this ballclub immeasurably.

[bummer]

Don't try and steal Sexson's thunder.

[dan the man]

I love the general feeling that he is a liability with the glove. He's blatantly not. In fact, he's one of the game's best defensive first basemen. No, he doesn't have the reach of some more agile guys. But he positions himself very well, and he's the best there is at cheating his lack of length by pulling of the bag early and not getting caught. The guy knows how to play first base and if you watched O's games last year, this was clear. He ended up surprising everyone - it's nothing more than a bad rap that he is a liability with the glove. Sports writers just take people at their word with this kind of stuff - they don't actually bother to do research.

[OsandBohs11]

not a liability with the glove....was .999 at first base, and 1.000 in Left field.

[dan the man]

not a liability with the glove....was .999 at first base, and 1.000 in Left field.

My point exactly. I'm giving you respect pts.

[Moose Milligan]

Jtrea will be here shortly to pilejump.

[clapdiddy]

Uh-oh...I think Jtrea will chime in on this one!

[wickedwitch]

Eh. I think the rotation of outfielders-turned-first baseman that the Yankees have might be so much worse fielding wise that it would cancel out any extra offensive production. And OBP is what matters not AVG, and Millar is doing better than average there.

And by some miracle LH didn't make the list, so yay?

[bummer]

I'd take Millar over Sexson. Sexson was truly terrible last year, and made around $14mil at that.

[Roll Tide]

I'd take Millar over Sexson. Sexson was truly terrible last year, and made around $14mil at that.

You can have him LOL ... I ll drop him off at the Aireo Puerto!!!

[RShack]

Of all the problems the O's have, Millar isn't one of them. He's a temp-stopgap-guy, he's a good guy, he performs better than you think, and there's always gonna be some team who wants him. Plus he's a hoot. There's lots of stuff to complain about, but I don't think Kevin Millar is one of them.

[Camden_yardbird]

Statistics don't measure the value of a players impact off the field...Millar is a true leader.

[Ruzious]

1B — Kevin Millar, Orioles

Last season, the 36-year-old Millar hit .254 AVG/.365 OBP/.420 SLG, while the average major-league first baseman hit .276 AVG/.357 OBP/.463 SLG. Millar took his walks, but that's about all he did in 2007. Throw in the fact that he's a liability with the glove and on the bases, and you've got a player who would be best deployed as nothing more than a pinch-hitter against lefties.

So, those numbers show he's got a better OBP than the average 1Bman, and his slugging % wasn't relatively horrible. And he probably gets paid a lot less than the average starting 1Bman. That's good to know.