Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
17	7236	.281	.346	.402	92	37.4

MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2000	ATL	22	131	542	134	20	4	4	73	80	3	40	14	.295	.394	.382	92	-2.6	8.4	0.3	2.7
2001	ATL	23	79	359	89	19	0	4	24	56	1	22	6	.275	.321	.370	75	-10.1	-1.3	-3.0	0.1
2002	ATL	24	154	693	175	31	8	8	43	114	3	27	15	.275	.323	.387	76	-17.7	3.3	5.3	2.0
2003	ATL	25	156	734	194	35	10	15	60	76	3	25	2	.292	.352	.443	102	4.0	3.9	-7.3	3.0
2004	ATL	26	143	632	157	24	5	14	58	71	1	29	6	.279	.344	.414	94	-3.5	9.0	5.1	3.7
2005	ATL	27	154	689	175	31	11	12	62	78	1	46	10	.284	.348	.429	98	-1.2	8.6	19.2	5.6
2006	LAN	28	159	736	196	32	9	15	73	98	1	37	13	.300	.369	.445	100	3.5	1.9	11.4	4.8
2007	LAN	29	138	642	157	23	4	6	55	68	1	25	6	.270	.333	.355	82	-11.8	6.8	12.8	3.5
2008	LAN	30	36	164	51	12	2	5	20	17	1	8	3	.357	.439	.573	121	4.6	3.4	-1.9	1.3
2009	LAN	31	150	680	165	28	5	9	61	89	1	12	6	.269	.335	.375	89	-7.5	6.1	10.6	3.8
2010	LAN	32	97	428	115	23	7	8	40	60	1	22	4	.300	.366	.460	112	6.6	3.2	3.4	3.2
2011	LAN	33	37	152	27	4	0	1	11	21	3	5	3	.197	.272	.248	87	-2.1	0.4	-0.8	0.4
2011	SLN	33	50	217	50	11	0	7	17	18	1	4	2	.255	.316	.418	87	-2.9	2.0	3.6	1.2
2012	SLN	34	121	531	126	18	3	5	44	57	1	12	4	.264	.325	.346	86	-8.1	4.3	3.0	2.2
2014	MIA	36	9	37	6	0	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	.171	.216	.229	65	-1.4	0.6	-1.0	-0.1
Career			1614	7236	1817	311	69	113	643	910	22	314	94	.281	.346	.402	92	-50.1	60.6	60.7	37.4

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
1998	DNV	Rk	APL	0	307	.000	.000	.000	.368			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	MCN	A	SAL	0	381	.000	.000	.000	.376			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	MYR	A+	CRL	0	198	.000	.000	.000	.380			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	ATL	MLB	NL	131	542	.268	.337	.436	.349	107	5.1	17.1	5.9	92	7	0.3	8.4	-2.6	2.7
2000	GRN	AA	SOU	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.111			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	ATL	MLB	NL	79	359	.262	.327	.427	.315	96	-5.5	10.7	4.9	75	9	-3.0	-1.3	-10.1	0.1
2002	ATL	MLB	NL	154	693	.260	.326	.415	.324	99	-9.3	20.0	9	76	9	5.3	3.3	-17.7	2.0
2003	ATL	MLB	NL	156	734	.266	.331	.425	.310	99	14	19.3	9.9	102	8	-7.3	3.9	4.0	3.0
2004	ATL	MLB	NL	143	632	.264	.332	.431	.296	93	8.9	18.8	8.5	94	7	5.1	9.0	-3.5	3.7
2005	ATL	MLB	NL	154	689	.262	.327	.420	.307	99	10.4	19.8	9.1	98	9	19.2	8.6	-1.2	5.6
2006	LAN	MLB	NL	159	736	.267	.333	.430	.333	95	19	22.2	10.2	100	6	11.4	1.9	3.5	4.8
2007	LAN	MLB	NL	138	642	.264	.329	.416	.296	99	-13.4	19.1	8.8	82	7	12.8	6.8	-11.8	3.5
2007	SBR	A+	CLF	2	8	.167	.218	.259	.200	98	-0.3	0.2	-0.1	0	0	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
2008	LAN	MLB	NL	36	164	.274	.340	.438	.380	93	15.4	4.7	2.2	121	11	-1.9	3.4	4.6	1.3
2008	LVG	AAA	PCL	1	3	.296	.339	.536	.333	133	0.1	0.1	0	121	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	LAN	MLB	NL	150	680	.257	.325	.408	.302	89	1.5	19.6	8.9	89	8	10.6	6.1	-7.5	3.8
2010	LAN	MLB	NL	97	428	.254	.320	.394	.338	87	24.4	11.8	5.4	112	9	3.4	3.2	6.6	3.2
2010	SBR	A+	CLF	2	6	.238	.318	.354	.000	88	-0.4	0.2	0.1	0	0	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
2010	ABQ	AAA	PCL	2	6	.259	.328	.444	.500	143	2.7	0.2	0.1	188	0	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.1
2011	LAN	MLB	NL	37	152	.254	.318	.401	.226	91	-6	4.1	1.9	87	9	-0.8	0.4	-2.1	0.4
2011	SLN	MLB	NL	50	217	.255	.314	.392	.250	94	1.9	5.9	2.7	87	9	3.6	2.0	-2.9	1.2
2011	RCU	A+	CAL	6	25	.288	.348	.438	.368	95	1.9	0.7	-0.1	126	0	-0.2	1.7	0.8	0.3
2011	ABQ	AAA	PCL	4	16	.300	.362	.457	.364	110	1.9	0.5	0.2	132	0	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.2
2012	SLN	MLB	NL	121	531	.258	.320	.408	.289	98	-7	14.5	6.7	86	10	3.0	4.3	-8.1	2.2
2014	MIA	MLB	NL	9	37	.240	.307	.359	.214	96	-2.6	1.0	0	65	13	-1.0	0.6	-1.4	-0.1
2014	JUP	A+	FSL	11	44	.255	.313	.364	.364	101	1.1	1.3	-0.1	139	0	-1.2	-0.9	1.0	0.0
2014	JAX	AA	SOU	10	40	.248	.328	.375	.314	96	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	108	0	0.4	0.2	-0.3	0.1
2015	WIL	A+	CAR	4	17	.237	.314	.344	.214	92	-1.9	0.5	0.1	58	0	-0.6	-0.2	-1.0	-0.1
2015	NWA	AA	TEX	3	12	.256	.317	.380	.375	106	0.2	0.3	0.1	116	0	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.0

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
1998	DNV	Rk	APL	307	268	56	88	15	4	0	111	23	36	29	60	15	.328	.414	.414	.086	0	0
1999	MCN	A	SAL	381	335	73	113	15	1	1	133	29	41	36	73	22	.337	.417	.397	.060	0	0
1999	MYR	A+	CRL	198	184	32	54	9	3	0	69	12	14	42	23	8	.293	.343	.375	.082	0	0
2000	ATL	MLB	NL	542	455	87	134	20	4	4	174	37	73	80	40	14	.295	.394	.382	.088	2	9
2000	GRN	AA	SOU	11	10	1	2	0	0	1	5	3	1	0	0	0	.200	.273	.500	.300	0	0
2001	ATL	MLB	NL	359	324	39	89	19	0	4	120	30	24	56	22	6	.275	.321	.370	.096	6	4
2002	ATL	MLB	NL	693	636	95	175	31	8	8	246	47	43	114	27	15	.275	.323	.387	.112	2	9
2003	ATL	MLB	NL	734	664	130	194	35	10	15	294	61	60	76	25	2	.292	.352	.443	.151	4	3
2004	ATL	MLB	NL	632	563	103	157	24	5	14	233	59	58	71	29	6	.279	.344	.414	.135	5	5
2005	ATL	MLB	NL	689	616	100	175	31	11	12	264	58	62	78	46	10	.284	.348	.429	.144	5	5
2006	LAN	MLB	NL	736	654	113	196	32	9	15	291	63	73	98	37	13	.300	.369	.445	.145	3	5
2007	LAN	MLB	NL	642	581	87	157	23	4	6	206	47	55	68	25	6	.270	.333	.355	.084	3	2
2007	SBR	A+	CLF	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	.167	.375	.167	.000	0	0
2008	LVG	AAA	PCL	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	.333	0	0
2008	LAN	MLB	NL	164	143	34	51	12	2	5	82	16	20	17	8	3	.357	.439	.573	.217	0	0
2009	LAN	MLB	NL	680	613	92	165	28	5	9	230	47	61	89	12	6	.269	.335	.375	.106	2	3
2010	SBR	A+	CLF	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.000	0	0
2010	ABQ	AAA	PCL	6	5	3	3	1	1	1	9	4	1	0	0	0	.600	.667	1.800	1.200	0	0
2010	LAN	MLB	NL	428	383	66	115	23	7	8	176	43	40	60	22	4	.300	.366	.460	.159	2	2
2011	RCU	A+	CAL	25	22	10	7	0	0	0	7	1	3	3	1	0	.318	.400	.318	.000	0	0
2011	LAN	MLB	NL	152	137	15	27	4	0	1	34	12	11	21	5	3	.197	.272	.248	.051	0	1
2011	SLN	MLB	NL	217	196	29	50	11	0	7	82	16	17	18	4	2	.255	.316	.418	.163	1	2
2011	ABQ	AAA	PCL	16	13	2	5	1	0	1	9	6	3	1	0	0	.385	.500	.692	.308	0	0
2012	SLN	MLB	NL	531	477	69	126	18	3	5	165	49	44	57	12	4	.264	.325	.346	.082	4	5
2014	JUP	A+	FSL	44	38	6	12	0	0	0	12	1	5	5	1	0	.316	.409	.316	.000	0
2014	JAX	AA	SOU	40	37	5	11	2	0	0	13	0	3	2	4	0	.297	.350	.351	.054	0
2014	MIA	MLB	NL	37	35	4	6	0	1	0	8	2	2	7	0	0	.171	.216	.229	.057	0
2015	NWA	AA	TEX	12	9	2	3	0	0	0	3	2	2	2	0	0	.333	.417	.333	.000	1	0
2015	WIL	A+	CAR	17	16	2	3	1	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	0	.188	.235	.250	.063	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	628	0.4984	0.3933	0.8947	0.5335	0.2540	0.9401	0.8000	0.1053	-0.0088
2009	2613	0.4945	0.4007	0.8672	0.5627	0.2422	0.9133	0.7625	0.1328	-0.0085
2010	1659	0.5093	0.4123	0.8772	0.5929	0.2248	0.9301	0.7322	0.1228	-0.0080
2011	1345	0.5108	0.3918	0.8729	0.5822	0.1930	0.9225	0.7165	0.1271	-0.0022
2012	1978	0.5091	0.4237	0.8807	0.5919	0.2492	0.9077	0.8140	0.1193	-0.0059
2014	152	0.5395	0.3750	0.8947	0.4878	0.2429	0.9000	0.8824	0.1053	0.0009
Career	8375	0.5046	0.4060	0.8758	0.5752	0.2334	0.9186	0.7663	0.1242	-0.0066

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
2014-06-22	2014-09-29	60-DL	99	88	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2014-03-21	2014-06-13	60-DL	84	65	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
2014-03-11	2014-03-15	Camp	4	0	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
2013-03-22	2013-10-31	60-DL	223	162	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2013-03-15	-
2013-02-12	2013-03-22	Camp	38	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery and Bone Spur	2013-03-15	-
2012-08-31	2012-10-23	15-DL	53	31	Right	Elbow	Sprain	Ulnar Collateral Ligament	-	-
2012-08-08	2012-08-09	DTD	1	1	-	Low Back	Soreness		-	-
2012-07-28	2012-08-03	DTD	6	5	-	Low Back	Tightness		-	-
2012-07-07	2012-07-07	DTD	0	0	-	Lower Leg	Contusion	Shin	-	-
2012-06-19	2012-06-19	DTD	0	0	-	Lower Leg	Contusion	Shin	-	-
2012-03-10	2012-03-14	Camp	4	0	Right	Shoulder	Soreness	Near Shoulder Blade	-	-
2011-11-28	2011-11-28	Off	0	0	-	Abdomen	Surgery	Appendix	2011-12-01	-
2011-09-27	2011-10-01	DTD	4	2	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
2011-08-21	2011-08-23	DTD	2	2	Right	Thumb	Sprain		-	-
2011-06-04	2011-07-03	15-DL	29	26	Left	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2011-04-12	2011-05-22	15-DL	40	37	Left	Thumb	Fracture	Sliding Into Base	-
2011-04-09	2011-04-11	DTD	2	2	Left	Wrist	Soreness	Check Swing	-
2011-03-24	2011-03-24	Camp	0	0		General Medical	Illness	GI	-
2010-08-03	2010-09-03	15-DL	31	28		Low Back	Strain		-
2010-04-28	2010-05-25	15-DL	27	24	Right	Thigh	Soreness	Hamstring	-
2009-05-25	2009-05-28	DTD	3	3		Hip	Soreness	Buttock	-
2008-05-06	2008-09-24	60-DL	141	125		Low Back	Surgery	Microdiscectomy	2008-07-03
2008-04-06	2008-04-06	DTD	0	0	Right	Thumb	Sprain	Thumb	-
2008-03-03	2008-03-06	Camp	3	0	Bilateral	Thigh	Soreness	Hamstring	-
2007-09-19	2007-09-30	DTD	11	10		Low Back	Cartilage Injury	Bulging Disc	-
2007-05-26	2007-05-27	DTD	1	1		Knee	Soreness		-
2007-03-22	2007-04-13	15-DL	22	9	Left	Ankle	Sprain		-
2007-03-05	2007-03-14	Camp	9	0	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2006-04-06	2006-04-09	DTD	3	1	Right	Lower Leg	Contusion	Shin	-
2006-03-30	2006-04-03	Camp	4	0		Low Back	Strain		-
2006-01-11	2006-01-11	Off	0	0	Right	Knee	Surgery	Cartilage	2006-01-11
2005-08-29	2005-09-01	DTD	3	3	Right	Knee	Soreness		-
2005-06-01	2005-06-03	DTD	2	2	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2004-05-02	2004-05-04	DTD	2	1	Right	Fingers	Sprain	Ring Finger	-
2004-04-10	2004-04-18	DTD	8	7		Low Back	Strain		-
2003-06-12	2003-06-13	DTD	1	1		Arm	Soreness		-
2001-07-07	2001-10-21	60-DL	106	77	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	Dislocation	2001-07-10
2000-06-13	2000-06-29	15-DL	16	15	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2015	KCA	$
2014	MIA	$3,500,000
2013	SLN	$7,500,000
2012	SLN	$6,500,000
2011	LAN	$13,000,000
2010	LAN	$9,500,000
2009	LAN	$7,500,000
2008	LAN	$13,000,000
2007	LAN	$13,000,000
2006	LAN	$4,000,000
2005	ATL	$5,600,000
2004	ATL	$3,700,000
2003	ATL	$2,200,000
2002	ATL	$405,000
2001	ATL	$355,000
2000	ATL	$200,000

Years	Description	Salary
15 yr	Previous	$89,960,000
15 yr	Total	$89,960,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
15 y 0 d	Paul Kinzer	1 year (2015)

Details

1 year (2015). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 3/16/15 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.25M in majors. May earn additional $0.25M in performance bonuses. Released 3/31/15, re-signed by Kansas City as a free agent 4/1/15 (minor-league contract). Retired 5/19/15.
1 year/$3.5M (2014). Signed by Miami as a free agent 12/5/13. Performance bonuses: $0.25M each for 450, 500, 525, 550, 575, 600 plate appearances.
2 years (2012-13). Re-signed by St. Louis as a free agent 12/12/11. $1M signing bonus. 12:$6M, 13:$7M.
3 years/$30M (2009-11). Re-signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 12/18/08. $3M signing bonus (deferred to Jan 30, 2012). 09:$6.5M, 10:$8.5M, 11:$12M, 12:$12M club option. Option guaranteed with 600 PAs in 2011. May earn additional $1M per year based on health. Limited no-trade protection. Acquired by St. Louis in trade from LA Dodgers 7/31/11. (Cardinals to pay about $1.4M of remaining 2011 salary.) St. Louis declined 2012 option 10/31/11.
3 years/$39M (2006-08). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 12/05. $5M signing bonus. 06:$4M, 07:$13M, 08:$13M ($4M due 1/1/09).
1 year/$5.6M (2005). Re-signed 1/05 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$3.7M (2004). Re-signed 1/04 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$2.2M (2003). Re-signed 1/03 (avoided arbitration).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2014-08-06 16:30:00 (link to chat)	What other position players do you want to see pitch (Michael from CT)	Rafael Furcal, Jean Segura, Delmon Young, Babe Ruth, but he's dead. (Cespedes Family BBQ)
2012-11-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi again, Mr. Luhnow-for-a-day-elsewhere. Trading Tulo and CarGo is an interesting idea, but for what? Simply try to stockpile as many power arms as possible? (Example: Tulo for Trevor Rosenthal, keeping in mind Rafael Furcal's dubious health. Who hangs up first, and what throw-ins might make the trade work?) (BillJohnson from New Mexico)	Not necessarily just pitchers -- stockpile as many legit future big-leaguers as possible. That's what I feel like Luhnow has done in HOU. If you know you can't compete for at least 3 years, sell off everything that has value now but won't in 3 years (or whatever your time horizon is). Get stuff back that will have value in 3 to 6 years (or whatever). Tulo for Rosenthal straight up seems like a massive overpay for Rosenthal. (Ian Miller)
2011-09-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi Jay, Looking at the Rays still in the pennant race, if they happen to miss out, how much blame can be placed on Friedman's refusal or reluctance to call up a few players (i.e. Jennings and Moore) who were obviously better than some of the guys they carried earlier (i.e. Sam Fuld)? Some people I know have been highly critical of Friedman, going so far as to accuse him of being incapable of making the right decisions to be able to win in the short-term when they are needed. While I don't agree with that explicitly, I'm wondering how good of a job you think Friedman has done this year, given those criticisms for not calling up better young players sooner in the season? (Erik from Longwood, FL)	For as much as we laud their smarts in the grand scheme of things, the Rays' front office has made this year's squad's task harder than it needed to be. As popular and swell a guy as Sam Fuld may be, he should have been riding pine once his early-season hot streak ended, while Desmond Jennings played left field; instead Jennings languished at Durham until late July. The Moore decision is a more complicated one in that the Rays don't have a rotation spot for him and they have to mind the innings total of a 22-year-old, but as several have pointed out, he could have been doing Andy Sonnanstine's job if nothing else. As Kevin Goldstein argued (http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=15036), the Rays probably should have been more aggressive in dealing to improve this season as well; even taking a flier on Rafael Furcal would have helped. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-09-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I have Starlin Castro($3) and Elvis Andrus($9) in a keeper league and can only keep one, would you keep one over the other or neither? (Mike from Chicago)	Starlin Castro every day, Mike. I have a giant fantasy crush on Castro, and was psyched when someone dealt him to me on a team I am rebuilding. He's 20 years old and has shown a ton of ability at the plate--I expect some more growth out of him. Rob McQuown and I have had this conversation a lot, but he reminds us of Rafael Furcal in a lot of ways (except Castro is at this point actually as young as he says he is) (Marc Normandin)
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)
2010-02-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)	JJ How Ya doing??? Everth Cabrera ?? The Next Furcal ? or just a guy ? (Jim from Philly)	Cabrera had a nice little season for the Padres last year, particularly for a Rule 5 pick who had never played above High-A. Furcal comes up as one of his PECOTA comps (Jimmy Rollins, Wally Backman, Rafael Furcal and Bip Roberts are the top four in the current weighted means spreadsheet). I'm not convinced Cabrera's got the plate discipline to match Furcal (who's not all that great in that regard) (Jay Jaffe)
2009-12-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	First off, have you played Demon's Souls and, if so, thoughts? The most frustratingly awesome game I've played in a long while (and I mean that in a good way). Secondly, what are your thoughts of a 'challenge trade' between the Dodgers and Mets: Mets get Russ Martin, Rafael Furcal and Juan Pierre; Dodgers get back Jose Reyes and The Contract Formerly Known As Luis Castillo. (Silv from NY, NY)	Demon's Souls is in my top three of all games I have played this year, alongside Uncharted 2 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii. It's my pick for RPG of the year, and it should get recognition as a legitimate Game of the Year candidate, but I haven't written those articles for Blast quite yet. I think Reyes will rebound, and I'm pretty sure the Mets feel the same way. I'm not so sure about Russ Martin, just because I wonder if he really was beaten into the ground by starting all of the time like everyone used to joke/worry he would be. I wouldn't do if if I were the Mets, but I would immediately make this move if I were the Dodgers. (Marc Normandin)
2008-12-23 14:00:00 (link to chat)	S.I.'s Jon Heyman is reporting that the Yanks have signed Teixeira. (David from Sonoma State University, CA)	If true that would be a big triumph for the Yankees, because they would have landed the best pickings from both halves of the market (and elected to put Swisher in an outfield corner). That said, I'm still laughing over the rush to assess Rafael Furcal's impact on the Braves. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-12-05 14:00:00 (link to chat)	How concerned should A's fans be about signing Rafael Furcal to something like a 4-year deal worth $48 million, or something like that? Besides the fact that he hasn't had a healthy and productive season since 2006, the A's would also be getting his age 31 through 34 seasons. Surely better than Bobby Crosby (and anything on the farm), but seems like this potential signing would have a lot of risk. (Dave from Chicago)	Agree completely. Furcal is high-risk, high-reward, but when it comes to the first half of the equation, tThe A's have an awful track record in assessing risk when it comes to player health, and perhaps in their health department entirely. Crosby, Chavez, Harden, Mulder... if they bite on Furcal, it's got the potential to blow up in their faces several times over. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-11-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	As Marc mentioned in his article today, the A's need to go after Rafael Furcal hard. Let's say he does sign in the 3/30 range or so. The Angels lose both K-Rod and Tex and played way over their heads with run differential as it was. A's have a shot at pushing the Angels next year? (TLivingston from Sonoma, CA)	Kudos to Marc for another solid effort at BP.com. The thing I like about Marc, besides the nifty beard, which makes him look closer to 14 than his actual age of 13, is his cerebral approach. He's all about the evidence. Things are still too much in flux to make a ruling on the Angels--I don't think Arte Moreno takes his defections lying down and will spend some bucks to keep the team competitive... And little things like run differential have never troubled the Angels. It's easy to forget that the A's WERE pushing the Angels a bit this year before all the trades, but even with Furcal, I don't know if the offense will perk up enough -- there's just so much work to be done there, even with Holliday. I also don't know which Furcal you get. He's not the most consistent offensive player. (Steven Goldman)
2008-11-19 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Are there any good comps to Todd Helton's back surgery and rehab? The man knows his strike zone, but is there a chance any of that power returns? (jlewando from dc)	Rafael Furcal is a pretty good one. Hardly the same player or type, but showed that a player can come back to level pretty quickly. Helton's fast becoming Sean Casey, which isn't a bad thing, just not what he's being paid to be. (Will Carroll)
2008-10-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Why will my Dodgers beat the Phillies in the NLCS? Who would you rather have long-term: Billingsley or Hamels? (Joey Fatone from Hollywood)	The Dodgers are a much scarier team than their record indicates, thanks to their midseason additions and the return of Rafael Furcal to the fold. I think they have the better and more complete team right now, so I'm looking for them to come away the winners. As for Billingsley versus Hamels, I'm a big fan of the Cole Train, but Billingsley's grew a lot as a pitcher this year. I think long-term, I'd go with Bills. (Marc Normandin)
2008-02-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	It appears from reports that Rafael Furcal is playing well however he has been playing second, any reason for that? (BH from Los Angeles)	Furcal's at second because the Dominican League teams are stocked with shortstops, so he's been willing to move to the other side of the keystone. Question is, is that the strongest arm that's ever played at second? It's like bringing an MX missile to a paintgun fight. (Derek Jacques)

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Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2009-10-21 17:00:00	NLCS Game 5	Rafael Furcal is having a worse week than Steve Phillips. (John Perrotto)

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