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Originally Posted by EN FUEGO
As I've said before, Wells will come around. He started the year with an injury, and I think he's still battling it. He earned the contract he signed with his years of solid play......as long as he comes through down the stretch this year all will be forgiven. Hell, if I told you at the beginning of the year his average would be 50 points higher and almost double the homeruns of Boston's "cleanup hitter" what would you say?  |
His current OPS+ is 86, that's awful regardless of contract. Bautista is at 107 OPS+ and wouldn't be a downgrade defensively. I'm not asking Vernon to lead the team in slugging or even average, but batting cleanup behind the league leader in on base percentage and hits and having his RBI numbers is obscene.
(OPS+ is a measure of batting ability - 100 is average)