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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
Correct, the local boy who did bad.
Played great with Milwakee, signed his big deal in Seattle and has layed an egg ever since.
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You think so...he had a poor season last year, but the previous two years in Seattle he had 39 and 34 home runs, 121 and 107 RBI. His 2005 OBPS was the second highest one he'd ever posted in a full season. In 2006 his OBP and SP were not too far off of his career averages. Safeco is a much tougher field to hit in than Miller Park is, and the AL West features 3 parks that aren't easy to hit in whereas the NL Central where he was playing is hitters paradise. He's a big guy with a long swing, and it shouldn't be that much of a surprise that as age catches up to him his production will start to wane. And his strikouts last year were actually down from what they've been in the past.