If Nixon performs the same or better than Drew this year, we would not have needed to sign Drew for 5 years, and the FO would have had more of a budget to sign one of the premier FA CFs after this season-- Andruw Jones, Ichiro, Tori Hunter.
AB R H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI BB KO SB CS BA OBP SLG
Nixon 83 16 27 20 5 0 2 15 13 16 0 0 .325 .412 .457
Drew 98 14 25 18 4 1 2 11 16 21 1 1 .255 .356 .377
I am not drawing any conclusions, but here is a snap shot not including tonight's games.