BaltimoreBaseball: Orioles to sign Chris Dickerson

[LookitsPuck]

You're right. Numbers built by Dickerson based on his 2009 season (his last with a + 700 OPS vs. RHP) are definitely much more meaningful.

Regardless, Yaz has been putrid at AAA. You'd just be rearranging chairs. At least Dickerson is decent defensively.

[McLovin]

Regardless, Yaz has been putrid at AAA. You'd just be rearranging chairs. At least Dickerson is decent defensively.

Yeah, we only have to go back to 2010 to find the last time he was better than replacement level in the OF.

[LookitsPuck]

Yeah, we only have to go back to 2010 to find the last time he was better than replacement level in the OF.

If you go by dWAR, he's been league average or better every year. If you're nitpicking over -0.1, then I'm not sure what to tell you.

[McLovin]

If you go by dWAR, he's been league average or better every year. If you're nitpicking over -0.1, then I'm not sure what to tell you.

Except that -0.1 dWar - or even 0 dWar - has no bearing whatsoever in determining what a "league average" CF is. Replacement level is not the same as league average...

At any rate, no matter what straws are grasped, this is a horrible move. CarGo was out there, and while perhaps a has-been - he has at least 'been' something more than Adam Jones' homie.