A great year? I'm going to call fluke. He walked 19 times in 2005. Why would anyone throw this guy a strike?
If you look further at his stats, his OPS+, OBP, EQA, etc. it shows that he was above average. Not great.
2005
OPS+ - 112 (which is inflated, because OBP is probably 4X as valuable then SLG%)
OBP - .311 (!)
EQA - .286
FRAA - -10
What were you watching? He was f***ing atrocious in 2006. He OBP'd .295, had an OPS+ of 76, and EQA'd .248.
I really hope that isn't the case. He better play his ass off, because he has NO future in Tampa Bay. Unless he learns what a strike is, of course.
Someone please tell me why we should trade for Cantu???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!