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Originally Posted by gblowfish

Alex has had a good year. It's been his only good year. He's giving what should be expected for his high draft position. Dominating? He's definitely been better, but I wouldn't call him George Brett just yet. This is a team sport. His team has only won 70 games this year, and is in next to last in the division. He leads the team in OBP, homers with 23 -that wouldn't lead most major league teams, thats for sure-, and he's tied for runs scored with Melky. One troubling stat is he hits about 70 points higher at home than on the road. And he strikes out twice as much as he walks. His defense has been very good. So I'd be for re-signing him, and if it looks like we can't re-sign him, trade him now for starting pitching while we can get a true impact player for him.