03-05-2009, 09:35 PM
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<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->Giants released outfielder Dave Roberts.
San Francisco opted to eat his $6.5 million salary rather than keep Roberts around as a fifth outfielder. While the deal was overshadowed by the more horrific Juan Pierre and Gary Matthews Jr. signings of two years ago, Roberts still proved to be a big waste of money for the Giants. He'll have to catch on as a fifth outfielder elsewhere. Eugenio Velez would seem to be the big beneficiary here, as he can pick up the outfield time that would have gone to Roberts.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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That was a bad signing at the time, and now it looks positively Zito-esque.
Not only has Sabean lost his fastball, he looks like late-2008 Howry these days.
I'm starting to wonder if both he and Dusty Baker were quite a bit overrated at the time, simply because they had a guy on the roster who was putting up Babe Ruth/Michael Jordan-type production?
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->Giants released outfielder Dave Roberts.
San Francisco opted to eat his $6.5 million salary rather than keep Roberts around as a fifth outfielder. While the deal was overshadowed by the more horrific Juan Pierre and Gary Matthews Jr. signings of two years ago, Roberts still proved to be a big waste of money for the Giants. He'll have to catch on as a fifth outfielder elsewhere. Eugenio Velez would seem to be the big beneficiary here, as he can pick up the outfield time that would have gone to Roberts.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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That was a bad signing at the time, and now it looks positively Zito-esque.
Not only has Sabean lost his fastball, he looks like late-2008 Howry these days.
I'm starting to wonder if both he and Dusty Baker were quite a bit overrated at the time, simply because they had a guy on the roster who was putting up Babe Ruth/Michael Jordan-type production?
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