tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19671848.post2302765705297203847..comments2023-11-03T08:23:55.100-04:00Comments on Global Review: Carl Crawford, take 2Macro Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01735930711259574574noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19671848.post-21541537969046441762010-12-09T17:03:12.285-05:002010-12-09T17:03:12.285-05:00I agree w/Barn.I agree w/Barn.Momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19671848.post-46574149827614493382010-12-09T14:11:27.382-05:002010-12-09T14:11:27.382-05:00Good points. Obviously, 2010 was a career-year for...Good points. Obviously, 2010 was a career-year for Crawford and a down year for Drew. On average, the WAR numbers favor Crawford, mainly through the channel of games played. Drew is worth less because he plays less.<br /><br />My argument about their similarity stands, though: on any given day, having a healthy Drew or a healthy Crawford in your lineup is about the same. Crawford is earning Manny Ramirez money with JD Drew statistics. Unless he gets better over the next few years, he's overpaid.Macro Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735930711259574574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19671848.post-3541013631107574912010-12-09T13:11:14.007-05:002010-12-09T13:11:14.007-05:00You are missing some important information. 1st o...You are missing some important information. 1st of all, Crawford isn't just "more durable" than Drew, he has had over 600 plate appearances every season except 08 (when he was hurt and still managed over 400); and usually its closer to 650 than 600. <br /> <br />Second, its all about clutch. <br />Drew had one clutch hit, in 2007. Crawford is consistently clutch. <br /><br />Most important, since you love numbers, is WAR. You show how you think Drew's worst year is better than Crawford's average year. However in 2010, Drew's oWAR was a meager 1.8. Crawford's was 4.7. <br /><br />And one more thing: we signed Crawford as he is on the rise. He has improved in power steadily over the past 5 years, while maintaining speed and average. He is 28. We signed Drew when he was 31. He had just increased his RBI count by 66. He had hit 20 HRs the year before, and it seemed possible that he could sustain that well. Unfortunately, he couldn't break the 70 RBI mark with us, despite hitting after Manny and Papi and all their on-base percentages.<br /><br /><br />I know you love to be the rebel, and its true, Crawford was expensive, but don't ever compare him to Drew; it just doesn't add up.<br /><br /><br />P.S. whether this happens we will have to see, but the best part about this is that we now have the freedom to trade Jacoby, whose stock is still high, and get a solid reliever or two, or a catcher.BPFnoreply@blogger.com