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When we acquired Huff, he was a 30-year old player whose career line was .285/.342/.477, 115 OPS+. He was coming off a season of .267/.344/.469. I'd say we were hoping he could match his career numbers, even though he'd be 30-32 years old, because the flag court at OPACY would play well for him and he had always hit well in Baltimore.

Since that day, Huff has hit .280/.349/.474, 115 OPS+. Unfortunately for us, that includes his very good 2010 season in San Francisco. As an Oriole, he hit .282/.341/.473, 112 OPS+. Still, I can't say that he was a huge disappointment based on those numbers, just a mild one. It would have been nice if he'd performed a little more steadily, as opposed to having one mediocre year, one excellent one and one poor one.

Now on to LaRoche. He will be 31 next season, has a career line of .271/.339/.488, 114 OPS+. Last year he hit .261/.320/.468, 106 OPS+. The analogy to Huff is very apt. One point in LaRoche's favor is that he's a bit more consistent than Huff, having never had an OPS under 100 or over 130 (Huff had ranged from 74 in his first full season to 145 in 2003). One point against LaRoche is that he's never played any significant time in the AL, whereas Huff had experience and some success in the AL East.

Overall, if we get LaRoche, I'm expecting an OPS in the 105-115 range. Solid, but not spectacular.

His 2008 season was great and that is what helped those numbers.

In his other 2 years here, he was pretty much a replacement player. One year doesn't make a contract or a player, if the contract is 3+ years.

Luke Scott can give you the same or better production as LaRoche. 1 year for LaRoche is fine...2 is tolerable but not exciting..3 is a poor contract.

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His 2008 season was great and that is what helped those numbers.

In his other 2 years here, he was pretty much a replacement player. One year doesn't make a contract or a player, if the contract is 3+ years.

Luke Scott can give you the same or better production as LaRoche. 1 year for LaRoche is fine...2 is tolerable but not exciting..3 is a poor contract.

I also think Luke can work himself into being a plus defender at 1b. He's got great athleticism, flexibility, and a high baseball IQ. I think it's in him to become a good defender at 1b, he just doesn't have the reps yet. And I think his bat will play nicely there, as I think he's going to get better for the next 2-3 seasons.

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