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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
16 5091 .264 .336 .442 104 17.9
Birth Date8-23-1973
Height6' 2"
Weight205 lbs
Age50 years, 8 months, 1 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1999 TOR 25 14 41 10 2 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 .256 .293 .385 68 -1.6 0.6 2.1 0.2
2000 MIN 26 7 21 3 2 0 0 3 7 1 0 0 .188 .333 .313 92 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.0
2001 BAL 27 6 16 2 0 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 .133 .188 .333 79 -0.4 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1
2001 MIN 27 13 25 7 1 0 0 3 8 0 1 0 .318 .400 .364 83 -0.4 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2002 MIN 28 9 22 4 1 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 .200 .273 .250 72 -0.7 0.5 -0.3 0.0
2003 CLE 29 152 621 143 35 0 17 38 109 10 7 9 .257 .312 .411 93 -3.3 -1.0 4.8 1.8
2004 CLE 30 152 668 159 36 3 28 68 139 9 5 8 .271 .354 .486 116 14.6 -2.5 -6.9 2.7
2005 CLE 31 147 583 126 32 1 23 43 116 10 4 5 .241 .308 .438 104 3.5 0.5 -0.6 1.4
2006 CLE 32 109 456 113 20 1 19 45 93 4 6 0 .282 .356 .479 121 14.6 -0.1 -4.0 1.8
2007 CLE 33 156 662 159 36 4 18 54 123 10 4 5 .270 .339 .437 99 1.6 1.1 3.3 2.7
2008 CLE 34 94 368 94 24 0 11 33 68 7 2 0 .289 .365 .465 109 5.0 -1.4 -3.6 1.0
2008 LAN 34 58 233 53 12 1 10 16 52 4 1 0 .251 .313 .460 110 3.5 0.8 0.4 1.2
2009 LAN 35 139 565 136 25 6 18 63 116 6 3 4 .280 .363 .468 116 12.4 1.3 4.5 3.7
2010 LAN 36 146 571 126 28 1 17 48 138 8 0 4 .248 .320 .407 90 -6.1 0.4 0.8 1.4
2011 LAN 37 63 239 51 10 1 4 26 50 3 1 2 .252 .342 .371 83 -4.4 -0.4 -2.2 0.0
Career126550911186264181674451037723637.264.336.44210438.2-0.3-2.417.9

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1996 HAG A SAL 48 192 .000 .000 .000 .315 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 DUN A+ FSL 0 503 .000 .000 .000 .285 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 DUN A+ FSL 0 379 .000 .000 .000 .435 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 KNX AA SOU 0 196 .000 .000 .000 .407 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 TOR MLB AL 14 41 .254 .325 .412 .290 105 -2.5 1.1 0.2 68 12 2.1 0.6 -1.6 0.2
1999 STC A- NYP 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .667 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 SYR AAA INT 0 455 .000 .000 .000 .258 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 MIN MLB AL 7 21 .271 .352 .428 .300 87 0.7 0.7 -0.1 92 10 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0
2000 SLC AAA PCL 0 338 .000 .000 .000 .365 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 SYR AAA INT 0 117 .000 .000 .000 .259 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 BAL MLB AL 6 16 .258 .325 .420 .100 93 -0.6 0.5 -0.3 79 19 -0.4 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1
2001 MIN MLB AL 13 25 .260 .320 .399 .500 100 0 0.7 -0.3 83 19 -0.1 0.0 -0.4 0.0
2001 EDM AAA PCL 94 417 .000 .000 .000 .352 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 MIN MLB AL 9 22 .257 .317 .414 .308 99 -1 0.6 0 72 14 -0.3 0.5 -0.7 0.0
2002 EDM AAA PCL 126 546 .000 .000 .000 .338 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 CLE MLB AL 152 621 .270 .331 .434 .287 95 -1 16.9 1.2 93 8 4.8 -1.0 -3.3 1.8
2004 CLE MLB AL 152 668 .272 .337 .436 .310 103 9.6 19.9 2.6 116 8 -6.9 -2.5 14.6 2.7
2005 CLE MLB AL 147 583 .268 .327 .429 .265 100 2.3 16.8 -6 104 8 -0.6 0.5 3.5 1.4
2006 CLE MLB AL 109 456 .271 .332 .432 .320 108 7.8 13.7 -5.6 121 14 -4.0 -0.1 14.6 1.8
2006 LKC A SAL 1 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 AKR AA EAS 1 3 .221 .296 .356 .333 108 0.2 0.1 0 91 0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2007 CLE MLB AL 156 662 .269 .334 .426 .312 99 5 19.6 1.5 99 9 3.3 1.1 1.6 2.7
2008 CLE MLB AL 94 368 .267 .333 .417 .335 104 8.9 10.6 -0.3 109 11 -3.6 -1.4 5.0 1.0
2008 LAN MLB NL 58 233 .269 .337 .430 .285 92 0.3 6.7 0.7 110 11 0.4 0.8 3.5 1.2
2009 LAN MLB NL 139 565 .259 .326 .409 .327 90 28 16.3 2.2 116 9 4.5 1.3 12.4 3.7
2010 LAN MLB NL 146 571 .256 .322 .399 .305 88 8.7 15.7 2.1 90 8 0.8 0.4 -6.1 1.4
2011 LAN MLB NL 63 239 .251 .314 .394 .311 93 -1.3 6.4 0.3 83 11 -2.2 -0.4 -4.4 0.0
2011 RCU A+ CAL 2 8 .285 .348 .424 .500 95 0.4 0.2 -0.2 101 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 ABQ AAA PCL 4 16 .341 .412 .540 .333 138 -2.1 0.5 0.1 10 0 1.1 -0.8 -1.8 -0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1996 HAG A SAL 192 172 29 43 13 1 2 64 18 11 40 5 3 .250 .321 .372 .122 0 0
1997 DUN A+ FSL 503 449 56 107 21 0 7 149 39 48 91 19 9 .238 .320 .332 .094 0 0
1998 KNX AA SOU 196 172 41 64 15 4 7 108 38 22 25 10 0 .372 .449 .628 .256 0 0
1998 DUN A+ FSL 379 340 62 119 28 3 11 186 65 30 81 9 6 .350 .417 .547 .197 0 0
1999 STC A- NYP 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .750 .667 .000 0 0
1999 TOR MLB AL 41 39 6 10 2 0 1 15 1 2 7 0 0 .256 .293 .385 .128 0 0
1999 SYR AAA INT 455 387 69 95 16 2 22 181 75 61 82 9 5 .245 .358 .468 .222 0 0
2000 MIN MLB AL 21 16 1 3 2 0 0 5 1 3 7 0 0 .188 .333 .313 .125 1 0
2000 SLC AAA PCL 338 293 59 93 22 2 12 155 52 39 59 7 2 .317 .408 .529 .212 0 0
2000 SYR AAA INT 117 106 10 23 6 1 2 37 7 8 23 0 3 .217 .291 .349 .132 0 0
2001 EDM AAA PCL 417 375 64 116 24 6 10 182 49 34 66 14 3 .309 .374 .485 .176 2 2
2001 BAL MLB AL 16 15 2 2 0 0 1 5 2 1 4 2 0 .133 .188 .333 .200 0 0
2001 MIN MLB AL 25 22 1 7 1 0 0 8 2 3 8 1 0 .318 .400 .364 .045 0 0
2002 MIN MLB AL 22 20 2 4 1 0 0 5 1 2 7 0 0 .200 .273 .250 .050 0 0
2002 EDM AAA PCL 546 482 87 149 25 3 19 237 58 54 78 24 9 .309 .386 .492 .183 0 0
2003 CLE MLB AL 621 557 80 143 35 0 17 229 67 38 109 7 9 .257 .312 .411 .154 8 8
2004 CLE MLB AL 668 587 93 159 36 3 28 285 88 68 139 5 8 .271 .354 .486 .215 3 1
2005 CLE MLB AL 583 523 72 126 32 1 23 229 58 43 116 4 5 .241 .308 .438 .197 5 2
2006 CLE MLB AL 456 401 63 113 20 1 19 192 68 45 93 6 0 .282 .356 .479 .197 5 1
2006 LKC A SAL 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 .500 .750 2.000 1.500 0 0
2006 AKR AA EAS 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 .333 0 0
2007 CLE MLB AL 662 588 81 159 36 4 18 257 78 54 123 4 5 .270 .339 .437 .167 5 5
2008 CLE MLB AL 368 325 46 94 24 0 11 151 58 33 68 2 0 .289 .365 .465 .175 2 1
2008 LAN MLB NL 233 211 25 53 12 1 10 97 23 16 52 1 0 .251 .313 .460 .209 2 0
2009 LAN MLB NL 565 485 84 136 25 6 18 227 79 63 116 3 4 .280 .363 .468 .188 10 1
2010 LAN MLB NL 571 509 56 126 28 1 17 207 64 48 138 0 4 .248 .320 .407 .159 3 3
2011 ABQ AAA PCL 16 14 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 8 0 0 .143 .250 .214 .071 0 0
2011 LAN MLB NL 239 202 32 51 10 1 4 75 26 26 50 1 2 .252 .342 .371 .119 3 5
2011 RCU A+ CAL 8 8 2 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 .375 .375 .500 .125 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 2427 0.5225 0.4240 0.7862 0.5599 0.2752 0.8592 0.6238 0.2138 0.0000
2009 2393 0.5194 0.3911 0.8045 0.5294 0.2417 0.8541 0.6871 0.1955 0.0083
2010 2401 0.5527 0.4107 0.7819 0.5290 0.2644 0.8476 0.6197 0.2181 -0.0024
2011 997 0.5356 0.3751 0.7914 0.5056 0.2246 0.8556 0.6250 0.2086 -0.0014
Career82180.53200.40460.79090.53540.25620.85390.64120.20910.0015

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2012-03-12 2012-03-19 Camp 7 0 - Neck Stiffness - -
2011-09-01 2011-09-29 DTD 28 26 - Neck Surgery Pinched Nerve 2011-09-06 -
2011-08-23 2011-08-24 DTD 1 1 Right Shoulder Soreness -
2011-08-18 2011-08-22 DTD 4 4 Right Shoulder Soreness - -
2011-07-03 2011-07-30 15-DL 27 21 Neck Stiffness -
2011-06-11 2011-06-11 DTD 0 0 Neck Nerve Injury -
2011-04-25 2011-05-27 15-DL 32 28 Left Elbow Surgery Staph Infection Bursa 2011-04-28
2011-04-25 2011-04-25 On-Alr 0 0 Groin Soreness -
2011-04-10 2011-04-13 DTD 3 3 Thigh Contusion -
2011-03-22 2011-04-06 15-DL 15 5 Low Back Recovery From Inflammation -
2011-03-13 2011-03-22 Camp 9 0 Low Back Inflammation -
2010-06-03 2010-06-08 DTD 5 5 Low Back Spasms -
2010-03-09 2010-03-11 Camp 2 0 Trunk Strain Rib Cage -
2009-09-23 2009-10-02 DTD 9 8 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2009-09-05 2009-09-11 DTD 6 5 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2009-08-02 2009-08-03 DTD 1 1 Left Wrist Contusion -
2009-05-30 2009-06-01 DTD 2 2 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2009-05-17 2009-05-19 DTD 2 2 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2009-02-26 2009-03-07 Camp 9 0 Groin Strain -
2008-09-15 2008-09-16 DTD 1 1 Low Back Soreness -
2006-08-06 2006-08-25 15-DL 19 17 Right Ankle Sprain -
2006-06-14 2006-07-13 15-DL 29 24 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2006-04-19 2006-04-20 DTD 1 1 Right Groin Soreness -
2005-07-03 2005-07-07 DTD 4 5 Neck Stiffness -
2005-07-01 2005-07-02 DTD 1 1 Neck Stiffness -
2005-04-12 2005-04-15 DTD 3 2 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2004-05-10 2004-05-14 DTD 4 3 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2004-04-23 2004-04-27 DTD 4 3 Thigh Strain Hamstring -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2011 LAN $5,500,000
2010 LAN $6,000,000
2009 LAN $5,000,000
2008 CLE $6,100,000
2007 CLE $3,750,000
2006 CLE $3,050,000
2005 CLE $2,250,000
2004 CLE $352,400
2003 CLE $330,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$32,332,400
9 yrTotal$32,332,400

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
9 y 138 dJim McDowell3 years/$17.5M (2009-11), 2012 option

Details
  • 1 year/$2M (2012). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 12/20/11 (non-guaranteed contract). May earn additional $1M in performance bonuses. Released by Colorado 3/27/12 (due 45 days' salary, about $491,000). Retired 5/12.
  • 3 years/$17.5M (2009-11), plus 2012 club option. Re-signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 12/10/08. 09:$5M, 10:$6M, 11:$5.25M, 12:$6M club option, $1.25M buyout. $1.5M annually in performance bonus based on PAs. LA Dodgers declined 2012 option 10/4/11.
  • 1 year/$6.1M (2008). Re-signed by Cleveland 2/1/08 (avoided arbitration, $6.9M-$5.4M). Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Cleveland 7/26/08 (Indians paid all of 2008 salary). Award bonuses.
  • 2 years/$5.4M (2005-06), plus 2007 club option. Re-signed by Cleveland 1/05. 05:$2.25M, 06:$3.05M, 07:$3.75M club option, $0.1M buyout. Option may increase to $4.2M. Club exercised 2007 option 10/06.
  • 1 year/$0.3524M (2004). Re-signed 3/04.
  • 1 year/$0.33M (2003). Signed as a free agent 12/02 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased 3/03.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2013-03-08 13:00:00 (link to chat)thanks for the chat, do you think this is the year Carlos Santana breaks out and becomes the top catcher in baseball?
(James from Portland)		Thanks for being a part of it, James. Your fine city needs to open its library on Mondays. Then again, Powell's makes up for a lot. As for Santana, I don't see him overtaking Buster Posey, but he's still a stud... much more useful to the Indians than Casey Blake, anyway. (Geoff Young)
2011-03-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)Hey Mike, really enjoy your stuff here and on MSTI. Has there been anything in the off-season or early spring training that inspires any confidence in Donnie Baseball's managing ability?
(cjslawyer from The Insurance Capital of the World)		Thanks. It's really hard to judge Mattingly when he's still yet to manage a single real game, but so far I think he's been impressive off the field. He's 20+ years younger than Joe Torre and reportedly much better equipped to relate to the younger players, and he decided on the Opening Day starter and the batting order very early in camp, rather than letting it linger like Torre did.

We'll have to see how it goes when the games start (I know everyone likes to bash his 'two mound visits' fiasco, but that's hardly fair). If anything worries me so far, it's that he says he wants to bat Casey Blake 2nd because he can bunt, which is problematic for any number of reasons, not the least of which is that Blake injured himself on a bunt last week. (Mike Petriello)
2010-06-07 18:30:00 (link to chat)Hi Kevin, thanks for doing this. With Casey Blake getting up there in years and no real 3b prospects in the Dodgers organization, any chance they take a college 3rdbaseman?
(MatternK from Oxnard, CA)		In the first? Maybe. Jedd Gyorko is a possibility, but not a probability. (Kevin Goldstein)
2010-02-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)What are the chances of Blake DeWitt winning the 2b job in LA, or he's doomed to back up Belliard as well as Casey Blake at 3rd?
(Aly Walk With Me from Auburn, CA)		Belliard is 35 years old and has been Belliard-esque for quite some time. One would think DeWitt is the guy the Dodgers want to win that position battle. (David Laurila)
2010-02-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)The Dodgers' infield bats seem pretty mediocre going into Spring Training. Do we have any reason to be optimistic? Or should I figure they'll be flashing great leather (will they?) and that makes it a good tradeoff?
(Karl B from Philly)		OK, here's the glass half full scenarios:

• James Loney will rebound from a couple of lousy years because his extreme L/R and Home/Road splits have been flukes.

• Blake DeWitt will claim the 2B job with a hot spring, and get by well enough, particularly with Jamie Carroll as his late-inning defensive caddy.

• Another year removed from back surgery, Rafael Furcal will be in good enough shape to flash his near-MVP form.

• Casey Blake hitting in the NL is just one more cue as to how wide the disparity is between leagues.

I don't believe all of those, and I don't know how many of them I actually do believe, but there's your rose-tinted-glasses scenario. At the very least, yes, they should be good defensively, though 2B is a concern. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-01-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)Top ten GMs I can't think of ten amazing GMs out there at the moment. Shapiro has made some great moves, some ok moves, and then some horrible moves. Colon move - awesome Lee trade - not so much Casey Blake trade - highway robbery Matt Lawton - very bad Trade for Asdrubal Cabrera - a steal. Hafner deal - bad even if his shoulder didn't take a dive.
(SaberTJ from Cleveland, OH)		So here's one yes on Shapiro. (Marc Normandin)
2010-01-26 14:00:00 (link to chat)Is there a player that you favor because of his beard? A favorite bearded player perhaps?
(enosarris from Teaneck)		I like the look of Casey Blake, cause he really looks like he could eat a lot of pancakes, if you know what I mean. (Tommy Bennett)
2009-10-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)I had the Cards going to the WS, I was very surprised with the sweep. I thought Torre did a great job of keeping Pujols from being a factor with the IBBs in the early games. TLR seemed unwilling to do the same with Manny. Another surprise is how poorly the umpires have been, I don't think I remember so many blown calls in the field.
(tonipeluso from Oakland, CA)		I did as well, but credit to the entire Dodgers lineup. Good pitching usually beats good hitting, but two of the best pitchers in the NL took losses to a Dodgers lineup that's showing it's a lot more than just Manny. Take a look at Casey Blake's WARP. (Will Carroll)
2009-06-08 14:00:00 (link to chat)Well, last season we identified Jon Meloan and Carlos Santana. The difference between Mark DeRosa and Casey Blake is within an epsilon band, no? (If it would help, my guess is that the Indians would again pay DeRosa's salary for a better prospect as they did in that deal.)
(buffum from Austin TX)		Ah, Ned Colletti. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-04-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)I'm sort of surprised that there isn't more media coverage of the Dodgers dominance over the past eight games - they are WHIPPING teams and aren't really firing on all cylinders yet. This is the best 1-8 in the NL and Billingsley and Kershaw have been lights out, Broxton has been unhittable; assuming Kuroda comes back strong, they have a solid rotation and depth in McDonald. Thoughts?
(Silv from NY, NY)		They're on my list for this week. My standard line on them has been that I don't think much of Casey Blake, but if he's your eighth-best hitter, you have a lineup. The pitching depth worries me--not a Randy Wolf fan, the back of the bullpen is shaky--but from 1-17 or so, it's a heck of a roster. Best team in that division, especially given the Diamondbacks' problems developing those bats. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-02-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)Joe-thanks for the chat. Are the Dodgers better off signing Dunn, Hudson and Wolf vs. Manny and Wolf?
(raygu1 from princeton, nj)		Why are they signing Randy Wolf? Why, in fact, do I have so many references to Randy Wolf in my queue? He's a flyball pitcher without the stuff to pull that off, a 6.24 ERA waiting to happen.

The Dodgers have jammed up their roster in a way that makes it hard for them to sign players. Too many roster spots and too much money being wasted on Juan Pierre and Casey Blake and Jason Schmidt. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-11-03 13:30:00 (link to chat)What kind of deal does Casey Blake get on the open market? I could accept him back in a Tribe uniform on a 1-year deal, but I expect someone will give him 3, and I don't want that team to be Cleveland. In the absence of Blake, who plays 3B for the Indians in 2009?
(buffum from Austin TX)		Hi Steve... it's a good question, but I'd think a reunion with the Tribe makes sense now that Marte's pancaked with an enthusiasm that only Mrs. Butterworth would appreciate. Two plus an option is probably more palatable than anything flavored "one," but maybe a one-plus option works. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-11-03 13:30:00 (link to chat)What can the Bucs expect in trade for Jack Wilson or Freddy Sanchez? Would LA deal for Hu for JW for example, or are we looking at AA/AAA prospects in a teams top 10 for each? And would it be better to wait until the trade deadline, or now, to deal these type players?
(Bucco Bob from Pitt, PA)		If Neal Huntington could get Hu for Wilson, that would be nothing short of superb for the Pirates. I really don't know how much of a market there is for Sanchez; whether you consider him a weak-hitting third baseman or a weak-fielding second baseman, he's really only a patch, and people might keep tripping over the batting title when it comes to expectations of his valuation. Can he be useful? Of course, sort of like Casey Blake as a patch at any of the four corners, and if you're in win-now mode. But that narrows the field of candidates considerably. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-07-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)Why don't the Mets just go out and get Casey Blake already?
(big baby from nj)		No kidding! Blake is much better than people give him credit for. (Marc Normandin)
2008-07-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)Now that we got a nice haul for CC, who else can we get some prospects for?
(Miguel from Cleveland)		Obviously they'll be lesser deals, but I bet they find something at least decent for Paul Byrd and Casey Blake. Not exactly the Killer B's, but someone will pay. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-03-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)Was "if Marte is for real" a serious comment?
(ericturner29 from Chicago)		Sort of. He had a weird spring--no BA, great everything else, which is somewhat consistent with his track record. I think at some point, he'll get another chance to win the 3B job, and he has more chance to impact a season than Casey Blake does. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-03-25 14:00:00 (link to chat)If Eric Wedge is impressed with Andy Marte (it Marte looks like he will be on the Opening Day roster), why not move Casey Blake to an OF corner and play Marte at 3B. Blake could replace the Dellucci/Michaels platoon and I think Marte could be better than that platoon, which makes the move an improvement for the Indians.
(BrettG from Worthington, OH)		Blake's a pretty brutal outfielder, and not an especially strong bat for an outfield corner, and Marte may not be a defensive improvement on Blake at the hot corner in the first place. The real question is whether or not Marte's going to recapture some fraction of his former promise, and I wouldn't necessarily bet on that. He simply isn't as good as all of us--prospect mavens, scouts, statheads, you name it--projected him to be. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-01-17 14:00:00 (link to chat)McPherson or Ensberg to 3rd, Casey Blake to right, Gutierrez, Michaels and Dellucci fight it out in left?
(jesmont from Virginia)		The scary thing about this proposition is that Blake would be the defensive replacement at third for either one of those guys. (Christina Kahrl)


BP Roundtables

DateRoundtable NameComment
2009-10-15 17:00:002009 NLCS Game One (Phillies/Dodgers)If Casey Blake does this something productive here, cue all announcers everywhere talking about how gritty he is and how much he helps the team by doing little things that don't show up in the box score... even though the cue involved something beneficial that shows up in box scores. (Eric Seidman)
2008-10-13 17:00:00NLCS Game FourGetting hit hard by Casey Blake and Juan Pierre isn't exactly a confidence-builder. (Gary Huckabay)
2008-10-02 11:00:00Thursday Playoff GamesEvery time I see Casey Blake play third, I think to myself that he ranges to his left about as much as any 3B I've seen. Is there any stat that would tell me if this is actually the case? (Will Carroll)
 

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