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Originally Posted by SithCeNtZ
And those OBP numbers don't even put him in the top 40 in baseball(and the .319 number is just scary). In fact, this is his best year ever statistically and he can't even crack the top 40 in OPS. Dejesus puts up roughly the same numbers and costs half as much, and that's really the point. Speed guys who don't hit for power and have a mediocre OBP/OPS aren't all that tough to come by. Heck, this year, for 1.5 million, we got a guy who has just as many SB's as Crawford and had a .346 OBP to Crawford's career best .359. Is the extra 10 HR's crawford will hit this season worth 14 million more than the guy we had? On a team like the Royals, I don't think it is.
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The Royals can't afford to be cheap though. They are the Royals. Spend the money. This team has a chance to be good for a window of 2-3 years starting in 2012. Don't be cheap, spend the money.