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June 22, 2012
BP Unfiltered
Can Carlos Correa Be Jose Offerman?
by Bradley Ankrom
The first-overall pick of the Rule 4 draft has delivered an average of 19.12 career WARP (using 1965-2007). Here is a team of players whose careers were roughly as productive as the average number-one pick:
P - Tim Belcher (18.66 WARP)
C - Todd Hundley (19.38)
1B - Bill Buckner (19.25)
2B - Jim Lefebvre (18.74)
3B - Gregg Jefferies (19.44)
SS - Jose Offerman (19.33)
LF - Kal Daniels (19.06)
CF - Richard Hidalgo (18.91)
RF - Jeromy Burnitz (19.61)
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This interesting. I suspect if he does become Jose Offerman that he will be considered a bust. But would that be fair?
I don't think it woud be, no. As hyprvypr points out below, Offerman had a few very good seasons and wasn't a terrible player for his career.