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Yahoo! Sports: MLB - Rockies ink 2B Todd Walker to three-year contract
Is Todd Walker worth three years and $6.5m? Initially, I said no, but now I may be willing to backtrack from that impression.
Walker was tied for 5th in the NL among 2Bmen in Offensive Winning Percentage at .591, but he did have just a .776 OPS on the road last year. He isn't a very good fielder, but he can hit a little and should be a significant upgrade over Mike Lansing. He'll be making less than Jose Mesa and Rheal Cormier, so I'll give the Rockies an 83 (out of 100) on this deal. The upside is a less powerful Jeff Kent and the downside is a more powerful Jeff Frye.
Is Todd Walker worth three years and $6.5m? Initially, I said no, but now I may be willing to backtrack from that impression.
Walker was tied for 5th in the NL among 2Bmen in Offensive Winning Percentage at .591, but he did have just a .776 OPS on the road last year. He isn't a very good fielder, but he can hit a little and should be a significant upgrade over Mike Lansing. He'll be making less than Jose Mesa and Rheal Cormier, so I'll give the Rockies an 83 (out of 100) on this deal. The upside is a less powerful Jeff Kent and the downside is a more powerful Jeff Frye.
posted by Sean Foran # 12:51 PM 
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