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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
16	4775	.273	.376	.498	126	20.5

Birth Date	6-3-1977
Height	6' 3"
Weight	240 lbs

Age	46 years, 10 months, 15 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2002	TEX	25	23	70	15	4	1	1	8	15	0	0	1	.242	.329	.387	85	-1.0	0.7	-0.2	0.0
2003	CLE	26	91	324	74	19	3	14	22	81	10	2	1	.254	.327	.485	98	0.4	0.0	-2.7	0.0
2004	CLE	27	140	573	150	41	3	28	68	111	17	3	2	.311	.410	.583	142	31.5	-0.8	1.1	3.7
2005	CLE	28	137	578	148	42	0	33	79	123	9	0	0	.305	.408	.595	152	36.8	-0.9	0.0	4.2
2006	CLE	29	129	563	140	31	1	42	100	111	7	0	0	.308	.439	.659	164	49.4	1.4	0.8	5.6
2007	CLE	30	152	659	145	25	2	24	102	115	7	1	1	.266	.385	.451	127	25.7	-0.1	0.4	3.2
2008	CLE	31	57	233	39	10	0	5	27	55	5	1	1	.197	.305	.323	77	-6.1	-1.7	0.0	-0.5
2009	CLE	32	94	383	92	19	0	16	41	67	3	0	0	.272	.355	.470	119	10.1	-2.4	0.0	1.2
2010	CLE	33	118	462	110	29	0	13	51	94	12	2	1	.278	.374	.449	115	8.6	-2.1	0.0	1.2
2011	CLE	34	94	368	91	16	0	13	36	78	6	0	0	.280	.361	.449	114	6.3	-1.2	0.0	0.9
2012	CLE	35	66	263	50	6	2	12	32	47	9	0	0	.228	.346	.438	117	5.2	-1.7	0.0	0.6
2013	NYA	36	82	299	53	8	1	12	32	79	5	2	0	.202	.301	.378	94	-1.6	0.0	0.0	0.1
Career			1183	4775	1107	250	13	213	598	976	90	11	7	.273	.376	.498	126	165.2	-8.7	-0.7	20.5

Statistics for All Levels

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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	SAV	A	SAL	0	479	.000	.000	.000	.320			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	SAV	A	SAL	0	558	.000	.000	.000	.372			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	PCH	A+	FSL	0	521	.000	.000	.000	.393			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	TUL	AA	TXS	88	389	.000	.000	.000	.321			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	TEX	MLB	AL	23	70	.263	.329	.428	.304	104	0	2.0	-1.2	85	13	-0.2	0.7	-1.0	0.0
2002	OKL	AAA	PCL	110	492	.000	.000	.000	.382			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	CLE	MLB	AL	91	324	.262	.324	.423	.305	94	5.5	8.8	-6	98	11	-2.7	0.0	0.4	0.0
2003	BUF	AAA	INT	29	126	.000	.000	.000	.347			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	CLE	MLB	AL	140	573	.269	.335	.430	.350	104	39.8	17.1	-10.9	142	7	1.1	-0.8	31.5	3.7
2005	CLE	MLB	AL	137	578	.268	.330	.428	.344	100	49	16.6	-10.6	152	12	0.0	-0.9	36.8	4.2
2005	AKR	AA	EAS	3	11	.267	.316	.421	.000	101	-1.7	0.3	-0.2	41	0	0.0	0.0	-0.6	-0.1
2006	CLE	MLB	AL	129	563	.271	.331	.435	.323	108	47.7	17.0	-10.8	164	10	0.8	1.4	49.4	5.6
2007	CLE	MLB	AL	152	659	.270	.336	.431	.294	99	26.7	19.6	-12.5	127	7	0.4	-0.1	25.7	3.2
2008	CLE	MLB	AL	57	233	.263	.329	.410	.241	104	-9.2	6.7	-4.3	77	12	0.0	-1.7	-6.1	-0.5
2008	BUF	AAA	INT	7	25	.267	.336	.414	.389	89	1.9	0.8	-0.5	131	0	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.1
2009	CLE	MLB	AL	94	383	.264	.329	.422	.297	101	10	11.0	-7	119	10	0.0	-2.4	10.1	1.2
2009	COH	AAA	INT	12	48	.254	.327	.383	.343	110	3.1	1.4	-0.9	163	0	0.0	-0.8	3.2	0.3
2010	CLE	MLB	AL	118	462	.258	.321	.404	.332	107	13.5	12.7	-8	115	9	0.0	-2.1	8.6	1.2
2011	CLE	MLB	AL	94	368	.261	.321	.407	.332	102	10.4	9.9	-6.2	114	9	0.0	-1.2	6.3	0.9
2011	AKR	AA	EAS	2	7	.237	.311	.366	.600	84	1.6	0.2	-0.1	145	0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.1
2012	CLE	MLB	AL	66	263	.251	.319	.400	.233	98	7.1	7.2	-4.6	117	11	0.0	-1.7	5.2	0.6
2012	COH	AAA	INT	3	12	.246	.330	.361	.111	108	-1.6	0.4	-0.2	28	0	0.0	0.0	-0.9	-0.1
2013	NYA	MLB	AL	82	299	.252	.316	.401	.240	100	-2.8	7.9	-4.9	94	14	0.0	0.0	-1.6	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
1998	SAV	A	SAL	479	405	62	96	15	4	16	167	84	68	139	7	3	.237	.355	.412	.175	0
1999	SAV	A	SAL	558	480	94	140	30	4	28	262	111	67	151	5	4	.292	.391	.546	.254	0
2000	PCH	A+	FSL	521	436	90	151	34	1	22	253	109	67	86	0	4	.346	.453	.580	.234	0
2001	TUL	AA	TXS	389	323	59	91	25	0	20	176	74	59	82	3	1	.282	.399	.545	.263	0
2002	OKL	AAA	PCL	492	401	79	137	22	1	21	224	77	79	76	2	1	.342	.463	.559	.217	0
2002	TEX	MLB	AL	70	62	6	15	4	1	1	24	6	8	15	0	1	.242	.329	.387	.145	0
2003	BUF	AAA	INT	126	100	15	27	4	0	2	37	10	25	26	2	1	.270	.421	.370	.100	0
2003	CLE	MLB	AL	324	291	35	74	19	3	14	141	40	22	81	2	1	.254	.327	.485	.230	1
2004	CLE	MLB	AL	573	482	96	150	41	3	28	281	109	68	111	3	2	.311	.410	.583	.272	6
2005	AKR	AA	EAS	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.182	.000	.000	0
2005	CLE	MLB	AL	578	486	94	148	42	0	33	289	108	79	123	0	0	.305	.408	.595	.290	4
2006	CLE	MLB	AL	563	454	100	140	31	1	42	299	117	100	111	0	0	.308	.439	.659	.350	2
2007	CLE	MLB	AL	659	545	80	145	25	2	24	246	100	102	115	1	1	.266	.385	.451	.185	5
2008	CLE	MLB	AL	233	198	21	39	10	0	5	64	24	27	55	1	1	.197	.305	.323	.126	3
2008	BUF	AAA	INT	25	22	4	7	3	0	0	10	4	3	4	0	0	.318	.400	.455	.136	0
2009	CLE	MLB	AL	383	338	46	92	19	0	16	159	49	41	67	0	0	.272	.355	.470	.198	1
2009	COH	AAA	INT	48	39	6	13	4	0	1	20	8	9	3	0	0	.333	.458	.513	.179	0
2010	CLE	MLB	AL	462	396	46	110	29	0	13	178	50	51	94	2	1	.278	.374	.449	.172	3
2011	CLE	MLB	AL	368	325	41	91	16	0	13	146	57	36	78	0	0	.280	.361	.449	.169	1
2011	AKR	AA	EAS	7	6	2	3	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	.500	.571	.667	.167	0
2012	COH	AAA	INT	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	.100	.167	.100	.000	1
2012	CLE	MLB	AL	263	219	23	50	6	2	12	96	34	32	47	0	0	.228	.346	.438	.210	3
2013	NYA	MLB	AL	299	262	31	53	8	1	12	99	37	32	79	2	0	.202	.301	.378	.176	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	879	0.5188	0.4130	0.7603	0.6053	0.2057	0.8406	0.5057	0.2397	-0.0053
2009	1489	0.5104	0.4285	0.7774	0.6026	0.2469	0.8624	0.5611	0.2226	0.0017
2010	1863	0.5164	0.4144	0.7345	0.5780	0.2397	0.8076	0.5463	0.2655	0.0059
2011	1471	0.5180	0.4079	0.7650	0.5669	0.2370	0.8333	0.5893	0.2350	0.0079
2012	997	0.4674	0.4102	0.7824	0.6137	0.2316	0.8741	0.5691	0.2176	0.0053
2013	1222	0.4926	0.4239	0.7181	0.5980	0.2548	0.8194	0.4873	0.2819	-0.0027
Career	7921	0.5060	0.4166	0.7546	0.5912	0.2381	0.8365	0.5463	0.2454	0.0028

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
2013-07-27	2013-09-25	60-DL	60	54	Right	Shoulder	Strain	Rotator Cuff	-	-
2013-07-11	2013-07-13	DTD	2	2	-	Foot	Contusion		-	-
2013-05-14	2013-05-18	DTD	4	4	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation	Tendonitis	-	-
2012-08-06	2012-09-19	15-DL	44	40	-	Low Back	Cartilage Injury	Bulging Disc	-	-
2012-05-24	2012-07-04	15-DL	41	37	Right	Knee	Surgery	Meniscus	2012-05-31	-
2012-05-17	2012-05-17	DTD	0	0	-	Hand	Contusion	HBP	-	-
2012-05-03	2012-05-04	DTD	1	1	Right	Knee	Soreness		-	-
2011-08-22	2011-09-11	15-DL	20	20	Right	Foot	Strain		-	-
2011-05-18	2011-06-17	15-DL	30	28	Right	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2011-04-28	2011-05-03	DTD	5	4	Right	Ankle	Strain		-	-
2010-07-29	2010-08-15	15-DL	17	16	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation		-
2010-07-11	2010-07-15	DTD	4	1		Upper Back	Tightness		-
2009-08-29	2009-09-02	DTD	4	3	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2009-04-29	2009-06-05	15-DL	37	35	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2008-10-14	2008-10-14	Off	0	0	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Debridement	2008-10-14
2008-05-26	2008-09-09	60-DL	106	92	Right	Shoulder	Strain	Under Shoulder Blade	2008-10-14
2008-04-20	2008-04-20	DTD	0	0	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2007-08-17	2007-08-17	DTD	0	0	Left	Knee	Inflammation		-
2007-08-09	2007-08-14	DTD	5	4	Left	Knee	Inflammation		-
2006-09-02	2006-10-01	DTD	29	28	Right	Hand	Fracture	HBP	-
2006-06-29	2006-07-01	DTD	2	1	Right	Elbow	Soreness		-
2006-05-06	2006-05-07	DTD	1	1		General Medical	Illness		-
2006-04-24	2006-04-25	DTD	1	0		Elbow	Soreness		-
2005-07-17	2005-08-04	15-DL	18	17		Head	Concussion	HBP	-
2005-06-07	2005-06-08	DTD	1	1	Right	Elbow	Soreness		-
2005-04-17	2005-04-17	DTD	0	0	Right	Elbow	Contusion	HBP	-
2004-09-26	2004-10-04	DTD	8	7	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Bone Chips and Bone Spur	2004-10-06
2004-09-22	2004-09-23	DTD	1	1	Right	Elbow	Inflammation		-
2004-08-18	2004-08-20	DTD	2	1	Right	Elbow	Soreness		-
2004-07-27	2004-07-30	DTD	3	2		Neck	Strain		-
2003-06-03	2003-06-10	Minors	7	0	Left	Wrist	Sprain		-
2003-05-10	2003-05-26	15-DL	16	15	Right		Fracture	Big Toe	-
2003-03-18	2003-03-25	Camp	7	0		Wrist	Sprain		-
2001-10-24	2001-10-24	Minors	0	0	Right	Wrist	Surgery	Cartilage and Scar Tissue	2001-10-24	-
2001-04-03	2001-05-11	Minors	38	0	Right	Wrist	Surgery	Hamate	2001-03-12	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2014	NYA	$
2013	NYA	$2,000,000
2012	CLE	$13,000,000
2011	CLE	$13,000,000
2010	CLE	$11,500,000
2009	CLE	$11,500,000
2008	CLE	$8,050,000
2007	CLE	$3,750,000
2006	CLE	$2,500,000
2005	CLE	$500,000
2004	CLE	$316,300
2003	CLE	$302,200

Years	Description	Salary
11 yr	Previous	$66,418,500
11 yr	Total	$66,418,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
11 y 9 d	Brian Peters	1 year/$2M (2013)

Details

1 year/$2M (2013). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 2/1/13. $4M in performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 150, 155, 170, 185, 200, 215, 230, 245, 260, 275 plate appearances. $0.125M each for 290,305, 320, 335, 350, 365, 380, 395, 410, 425 PA. $0.175M each for 440, 455, 470, 485, 500, 515, 530, 545, 560, 575 PA.
4 years/$57M (2009-12), plus 2013 club option. Signed extension 7/11/07, re-working previous deal to add $2.25M to 2007 salary and $3M to 2008 salary. 07:$6.3M, 08:$8.05M, 09:$11.5M, 10:$11.5M, 11:$13M, 12:$13M, 13:$13M club option, $2.75M buyout. Limited no-trade protection. Cleveland declined 2013 option 10/31/12.
3 years/$7M (2005-07), plus 2008 club option (replaced 1 year/$0.3774M deal signed 3/05). Signed extension with Cleveland 4/05. 05:$0.5M, 06:$2.5M, 07:$3.75M, 08:$4.75M club option, $0.25M buyout. Award bonuses.
1 year/$0.3163M (2004). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/04.
1 year/$0.3022M (2003). Signed by Cleveland 3/03. Optioned to Triple-A 5/03. Recalled 7/03.
1 year (2002). Optioned to Triple-A 3/02. Recalled 8/02. Acquired by Cleveland in trade from Texas 12/02.

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
2019-04-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Would a decent comp for Will Benson be Travis Hafner,Benson is hitting for a better average this year, small sample size I know, but has he/can he figure it out and maybe get to 270. avg without much power diminishing? Thanks. (boatman44 from Liverpool )	I get where you're coming from but I wouldn't anticipate that type of average from Benson. Hafner had multiple .300 BA seasons. (Craig Goldstein)
2013-04-30 12:00:00 (link to chat)	I just dropped A-Rod for...............Travis Hafner. All winning, all day. (Jim Clancy from Exhibition Stadium)	Glad to see Brian Cashman still uses his BP account. (R.J. Anderson)
2013-04-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Given the relative success of the Yankees, do you consider Brian Cashman a genius for signing Lyle Overbay, Travis Hafner, and trading for Vernon Wells? I think the consensus was going into the season is that they were not going to contribute at this level. (Joe from Amsterdam)	No, I reserve "genius" for the guy who invented that cranked onion dispenser at the ballpark. But I loved the Hafner move. If you're going to call Cashman a genius, it's for signing any lefthanded hitter who is undervalued in other ballparks because power is his only tool. That can play really well on the Yankees, especially at DH, it goes without saying. As for Wells, I'm still having a hard time with it. If he saw something in spring that didn't show up in games, I'm more inclined to wonder what the hell Wells was doing in games. Rather indifferent on the Overbay move. (Zachary Levine)
2013-01-14 14:00:00 (link to chat)	In your "Overthinking" article, you tabbed the Rays as the team that you think should sign Hafner this offseason. Other than age, what is the difference between Jim Thome and Travis Hafner these days? With Hafner's injury-riddled past, wouldn't it be "safer" to go with an older and somewhat consistent Thome instead? (jlarsen from chicago)	I love Thome, but I think he's reached an age at which even Hafner is a better bet to stay healthy. Thome just hasn't been able to avoid the DL over the last couple seasons (and yes, I know that's true of Hafner, too). For what it's worth, PECOTA projects Thome for a TAv about 10 points higher. (Ben Lindbergh)
2012-11-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Apparently Houston is considering making a run at Hideki Matsui to DH for them in 2013. Wouldn't Travis Hafner be a better option? Any chance they make a run at him? (Ashitaka1110 from Houston, TX)	Thanks for the question, Ashitaka1110. It sounds as though the Astros are planning to keep their payroll to a minimum for now, so while Hafner might be a better option than Matsui in terms of performance, Luhnow is probably just looking for a cheap placeholder. I do think there's a chance they'll consider Hafner instead, but ultimately, I'd expect this to come down to cost. (Daniel Rathman)
2011-02-08 14:00:00 (link to chat)	This year's Jose-bot is obviously going to be Travis Hafner. Once last glimpse of Pronk-ness before limping off into the sunset. It's certainly not going to beme... (Carlos Silva from Buffet Table)	I'd love to see His Pronkness have a nice swan song. But it wouldn't quite be a Jose-Bot moment, since Pronk was so good during his peak stretch. (Ken Funck)
2010-10-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Should the Indians be more resigned (Jayson Nix), hopeful (Cord Phelps), risk-taking (Lonnie Chisenhall), or irrationally imaginative (trade prospects for Chone Figgins + much cash, or Travis Hafner for Figgins straight up) with their third base situation? I am not excited about a potential Brandon Inge Era. (buffum from Austin TX)	When you are where the Indians are, I think a combination of hopeful and risk-taking is the way to go about things. The last thing we need is to bring Figgins aboard so we can have this conversation again in three years when his contract is expiring. (Marc Normandin)
2009-12-29 15:00:00 (link to chat)	Hey Joe, Will Jesus Montero be the DH for the Yanks in 2011? Has there ever been a player to only DH (and never play teh field)? Will he ever play the field and where? (yanks2009 from DC)	Answering this just because I'm curious and want to put it out there...what player with significant starts (100? 200? higher?) had the highest % of DH starts. Sam Horn? Reggie Jefferson? Bob Hamelin? Travis Hafner? Montero will be a first baseman down the road, although I truly wish the Yankees would just let him catch and live with -10 defense. He looks different than Posada does, but they suffered through Jorge's career, may as well do it with the high-impact hitter. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-10-20 14:00:00 (link to chat)	is Ryan Howard gonna be Travis Hafner in < 2 years? (scott from chicago)	The change in his body type and improved defense make that less likely than it looked a year ago. I'm not entirely sure how he'll develop offensively. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-05-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Throughout the years, which player has been the biggest feather in your cap, and which player were you the most wrong about? (strupp from Madison)	I don't know really, I'm pretty much always moving forward. I get a lot of credit for Feliz, and I know that I never thought Pedroia had a ceiling of more than a solid to slightly above-average second baseman. Back in the day, I loved Arquimedez Pozo, how's that? On the good side, before others had him anywhere on any lists, I wrote that Travis Hafner could end up a low-rent version of Edgar Martinez. We all have our hits and misses. (Kevin Goldstein)
2009-06-03 15:00:00 (link to chat)	OK .... so you love Katz's Deli .... but where is your favorite NYC BBQ? (Desperately in need of good BBQ) Speaking of BBQ ... does either David Ortiz or Travis Hafner have a fork in themselves ... cause they appear "done". (dianagramr from NYC)	Right now I'm partial to the Smoke Joint on South Elliot Street in Fort Greene. RUB is also pretty good, and so is Hill Country, though rather pricey. Virgil's is surprisingly good for a Times Square restaurant, and I love meeting my out-of-town BP colleagues there once in awhile. Oh, and while Ortiz and Hafner may not be done yet, I think it's a safe bet that you can invite a few guests over for an upcoming feast. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-04-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Matt LaPorta is raking at AAA: what do you estimate his ETA to be and who will he be taking PT from? (KO from Pittsfield, MA)	Ben Francisco isn't an everyday player, more a fourth outfielder, so you could start there. An offense/defense platoon makes some sense with those two. LaPorta can also get time at 1B for Ryan Garko and ... well, Travis Hafner isn't quite ready to cede DH, it appears. I'd get LaPorta up pretty soon. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-03-30 18:30:00 (link to chat)	Excuse me Keith, but Travis Hafner just went deep!! Life begins again! (dg from Denver)	Awesome. You just made my day! (Keith Woolner)
2008-08-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Which injuries floating around right now have the biggest chance to be season-ending? I know you're not Will Carroll, but who looks like they're gonna be out for the remainder of the year? (Grasspike from NC)	Travis Hafner, for one. Chien-Ming Wang, perhaps. Man, there are a lot of people willing to defend the draft in the name of competitive balance. Good job, MLB. Bad job, economics professors of America. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-07-29 16:00:00 (link to chat)	Travis Hafner? Anything to report? Thanks (ericturner29 from Chicago)	Continuing his strengthening program, but the shoulder remains weak. Slow progress. (Will Carroll)
2008-07-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How would you rate Travis Hafner's value in the second half and when do you expect him to return? (Tim from Pronkville)	Pretty darn low - you hate seeing reports about one shoulder being significantly weaker than the other and seeing how slow the pace of recovery has been. I'm a little out of my element in diagnosing him, but I don't expect him back until August, and who knows what form he'll be in. (Jeff Erickson)
2008-06-17 15:00:00 (link to chat)	What do you think of the Indians and Tigers playoff chances going forward? The Sox are anywhere from 55-70 percent favorites from the 3 BP odds reports. That sounds accurate to you? (colintj from a2)	Given where those three teams are right now and the underlying causes for how they got there, I think that sounds about right. Cleveland has lost Jake Westbrook for the season, they've lost Victor Martinez for awhile, Travis Hafner has joined the ranks of the undead, and Rafael Betancourt is looking pretty clammy and monosyllabic as well. Detroit is out Bonderman already, the rest of their rotation is a mess, we don't know how well their bullpen can hold up, and they have to dig their way out of a sizeable hole. Meanwhile in Chicago we've seen guys like Carlos Quentin, Alexei Ramirez, Gavin Floyd, and John Danks start to deliver on their promise even as the offense in general has underachieved. The Sox lead isn't insurmountable but given the run differentials and the injury situations I'd place my nickel on them. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-03-25 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Christina: Travis Hafner, Kent Hrbek awaiting or just an injury plagued 07 and return to mashing? On the same note, who do you like the best this year of Manny Ramirez, Justin Morneau, or Travis Hafner? Thanks CK. Love your work. (sriramk1027 from Palo ALto)	I'm not a Pronk believer, I'm sad to say. A short career arc for a guy who got a late start shouldn't have surprised everyone as much as it did. From that trio, I'll pick Morneau, because I figure he'll regain ground lost last season while batting in the middle of a stronger overall Twins lineup. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-03-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Is the Tribe a good fit for Bonds? Their OF corners are dreadful, and could get away with playing him 5 out of 7 games to save his knees. Part2: Does anyone have any idea what his contract demands are? (ericturner29 from Chicago)	He's not a bad fit there given the corner outfielders (Michaels/Delluci in left and Gutierrez in right), but with Travis Hafner at DH, Bonds won't get much relief unless it's at Pronk's expense. That's less than ideal. Last I heard via Buster Olney's column, I think he still was above $10 million. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-02-06 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Hello, Gary. What do you think the difference between Travis Hafner and David Ortiz will be this year? (REkinnal from Stockholm)	About forty pounds. I don't know. Travis Hafner's 2007 was darn puzzling, at least to me. If I recall correctly, my forecasting system had him as the player with the least expected variance, and he really just cratered. I expect David Ortiz to have the better season, but it could certainly go the other way, and my intuition (which should be ignored by those smarter than I) is that Ortiz' decline, when it arrives, will be Vaughnesque. Last question... (Gary Huckabay)
2008-01-22 19:00:00 (link to chat)	since it is David Ortiz day-What about Dallas MacPherson as a low budget singing? Can he pull a Carlos Pena/Travis Hafner/David Ortiz on the leauge this year? (Mark T. from Boston)	Yes. When he's played, he's actually been better than Ortiz was at a similar age. Hafner had hardly been in the majors yet at his age. (2007 was McPherson's age 25 season.) He showed much better than Pena through a similar age, too. One more and then it's time to fall over sideways in the traditional manner... (Jim Baker)
2008-01-15 14:30:00 (link to chat)	Will Travis Hafner remember that, he is in fact, Travis Hafner? Will Fausto regress? Will Borowski completely implode or just suck at normal levels? Will the Tribe not finish 2nd or 3rd in te Central? (bigrick0016 from Cleveland)	Tune in next time; same Bat time, same Bat channel. I think Old Hafner and New Hafner will meet about halfway. That's not a copout either. I think the Hafner = Pujols comparisons are gone thanks to his age, player type and past injuries, and now it's time for Hafner the aging DH to step in. He's not that old though, so he's probably still got some balls left to hit. All I know is that he picked a hell of a year to fall apart when I managed to get both him and Berkman on my team... (Marc Normandin)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2008-10-22 16:30:00	World Series Game One	That was weird to see the shift against Utley back in the first, as I've never seen a shift against him before. Readers pitching in here: "fred (houston): Jay, Berkman gets the shift. Griffey, Dunn, Delgado too" "Jonny (Maine): Jay - What about Travis Hafner? I haven't seen an Indians game for a while, but I'm pretty sure he does." I just found my original list, on the back of a grocery receipt. Dunn and Delgado were on it, the rest I didn't have. Keep 'em coming if I've missed somebody. (Jay Jaffe)

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