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J.J. Hardy SSOrioles

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Birth Date	8-19-1982
Height	6' 1"
Weight	200 lbs

Age	41 years, 8 months, 0 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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: 2.22016
: 0.62017
: 2018
: 1.22019
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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
2005	MIL	22	124	427	92	22	1	9	44	48	1	0	0	.247	.327	.384	88	-5.9	-0.4	-5.1	0.7
2006	MIL	23	35	139	31	5	0	5	10	23	0	1	1	.242	.295	.398	85	-2.1	-1.1	-0.1	0.3
2007	MIL	24	151	638	164	30	1	26	40	73	1	2	3	.277	.323	.463	100	2.6	-2.6	1.6	2.9
2008	MIL	25	146	629	161	31	4	24	52	98	1	2	1	.283	.343	.478	106	6.4	-0.4	5.2	3.8
2009	MIL	26	115	465	95	16	2	11	43	85	2	0	1	.229	.302	.357	80	-10.0	0.9	6.9	1.7
2010	MIN	27	101	375	91	19	3	6	28	54	0	1	1	.268	.320	.394	95	-1.9	-0.3	2.1	1.6
2011	BAL	28	129	567	142	27	0	30	31	92	2	0	0	.269	.310	.491	114	9.7	1.5	6.7	4.3
2012	BAL	29	158	713	158	30	2	22	38	106	3	0	0	.238	.282	.389	85	-11.9	0.9	21.5	4.1
2013	BAL	30	159	644	158	27	0	25	38	73	0	2	1	.263	.306	.433	109	7.3	-3.8	-12.2	1.7
2014	BAL	31	141	569	142	28	0	9	29	104	4	0	0	.268	.309	.372	95	-3.1	-0.9	1.6	2.1
2015	BAL	32	114	437	90	14	0	8	20	88	0	0	0	.219	.253	.311	66	-15.7	-2.1	-2.1	-0.3
2016	BAL	33	115	438	109	29	0	9	26	68	0	0	0	.269	.309	.407	95	-1.7	-0.4	5.3	2.2
2017	BAL	34	73	268	55	13	1	4	12	48	1	0	1	.217	.255	.323	67	-10.1	-1.5	5.8	0.6
Career			1561	6309	1488	291	14	188	411	960	15	8	9	.256	.305	.408	94	-36.5	-10.3	37.3	25.6

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
2001	OGD	Rk	PIO	35	144	.000	.000	.000	.254			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	HDS	A+	CLF	84	364	.000	.000	.000	.313			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	HUN	AA	SOU	38	160	.000	.000	.000	.248			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	HUN	AA	SOU	114	485	.000	.000	.000	.294			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	IND	AAA	INT	26	112	.000	.000	.000	.270			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	MIL	MLB	NL	124	427	.261	.328	.417	.262	100	-5.9	12.3	5.6	88	10	-5.1	-0.4	-5.9	0.7
2006	MIL	MLB	NL	35	139	.270	.333	.443	.257	92	-3.4	4.2	1.9	85	16	-0.1	-1.1	-2.1	0.3
2007	MIL	MLB	NL	151	638	.270	.334	.436	.279	104	-4	18.9	8.7	100	8	1.6	-2.6	2.6	2.9
2008	MIL	MLB	NL	146	629	.261	.329	.416	.305	100	13.3	18.2	8.3	106	11	5.2	-0.4	6.4	3.8
2009	MIL	MLB	NL	115	465	.263	.332	.418	.260	98	-14.2	13.4	6.1	80	9	6.9	0.9	-10.0	1.7
2009	NAS	AAA	PCL	18	74	.264	.335	.421	.241	93	0.2	2.2	1	87	0	-1.2	-0.4	-0.9	0.1
2010	MIN	MLB	AL	101	375	.258	.324	.401	.299	109	-3.5	10.3	4.8	95	9	2.1	-0.3	-1.9	1.6
2010	BLT	A	MDW	3	12	.251	.338	.372	.250	104	-0.6	0.4	0.2	76	0	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	0.0
2011	BAL	MLB	AL	129	567	.252	.316	.397	.273	105	6.8	15.3	7	114	8	6.7	1.5	9.7	4.3
2011	NOR	AAA	INT	3	12	.273	.348	.421	.250	90	0.1	0.4	0	66	0	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
2012	BAL	MLB	AL	158	713	.253	.314	.409	.253	104	-21.4	19.5	9	85	7	21.5	0.9	-11.9	4.1
2013	BAL	MLB	AL	159	644	.257	.319	.411	.263	99	5.1	16.9	7.8	109	9	-12.2	-3.8	7.3	1.7
2014	BAL	MLB	AL	141	569	.251	.309	.390	.317	99	-1.8	14.7	6.8	95	10	1.6	-0.9	-3.1	2.1
2015	BAL	MLB	AL	114	437	.254	.313	.410	.257	113	-22.6	11.8	5.4	66	9	-2.1	-2.1	-15.7	-0.3
2015	BOW	AA	EAS	3	12	.248	.301	.352	.400	95	-0.2	0.3	0.1	102	0	0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
2016	BAL	MLB	AL	115	438	.254	.318	.421	.299	110	-7	12.4	5.7	95	13	5.3	-0.4	-1.7	2.2
2016	BOW	AA	EAS	3	12	.271	.342	.413	.400	117	0.2	0.3	0.1	123	0	0.4	-0.3	0.1	0.1
2017	BAL	MLB	AL	73	268	.253	.318	.421	.252	105	-17.7	7.8	3.6	67	10	5.8	-1.5	-10.1	0.6
2017	NOR	AAA	INT	9	31	.238	.308	.373	.286	87	3.8	0.9	0.3	173	0	-0.1	-0.6	2.3	0.3

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
2001	OGD	Rk	PIO	144	125	20	31	5	0	2	42	15	15	12	1	2	.248	.322	.336	.088	3	3
2002	HUN	AA	SOU	160	145	14	33	7	0	1	43	13	9	19	1	2	.228	.266	.297	.069	4	4
2002	HDS	A+	CLF	364	335	53	98	19	1	6	137	48	19	38	9	3	.293	.330	.409	.116	3	3
2003	HUN	AA	SOU	485	416	67	116	26	0	12	178	62	58	54	6	4	.279	.368	.428	.149	4	4
2004	IND	AAA	INT	112	101	17	28	10	0	4	50	20	9	8	0	0	.277	.336	.495	.218	0	0
2005	MIL	MLB	NL	427	372	46	92	22	1	9	143	50	44	48	0	0	.247	.327	.384	.137	2	8
2006	MIL	MLB	NL	139	128	13	31	5	0	5	51	14	10	23	1	1	.242	.295	.398	.156	1	0
2007	MIL	MLB	NL	638	592	89	164	30	1	26	274	80	40	73	2	3	.277	.323	.463	.186	1	4
2008	MIL	MLB	NL	629	569	78	161	31	4	24	272	74	52	98	2	1	.283	.343	.478	.195	2	5
2009	MIL	MLB	NL	465	414	53	95	16	2	11	148	47	43	85	0	1	.229	.302	.357	.128	5	1
2009	NAS	AAA	PCL	74	71	7	18	2	0	4	32	12	3	9	0	0	.254	.284	.451	.197	0	0
2010	MIN	MLB	AL	375	340	44	91	19	3	6	134	38	28	54	1	1	.268	.320	.394	.126	4	3
2010	BLT	A	MDW	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.000	0	0
2011	BAL	MLB	AL	567	527	76	142	27	0	30	259	80	31	92	0	0	.269	.310	.491	.222	5	2
2011	NOR	AAA	INT	12	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	.222	.417	.222	.000	0	0
2012	BAL	MLB	AL	713	663	85	158	30	2	22	258	68	38	106	0	0	.238	.282	.389	.151	2	7
2013	BAL	MLB	AL	644	601	66	158	27	0	25	260	76	38	73	2	1	.263	.306	.433	.170	2	3
2014	BAL	MLB	AL	569	529	56	142	28	0	9	197	52	29	104	0	0	.268	.309	.372	.104	4
2015	BAL	MLB	AL	437	411	45	90	14	0	8	128	37	20	88	0	0	.219	.253	.311	.092	4	2
2015	BOW	AA	EAS	12	12	2	4	1	0	0	5	1	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.417	.083	0	0
2016	BAL	MLB	AL	438	405	43	109	29	0	9	165	48	26	68	0	0	.269	.309	.407	.138	6	1
2016	BOW	AA	EAS	12	11	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	.364	.417	.364	.000	0	0
2017	NOR	AAA	INT	31	22	6	5	1	0	1	9	3	9	7	0	0	.227	.452	.409	.182	0	0
2017	BAL	MLB	AL	268	254	24	55	13	1	4	82	24	12	48	0	1	.217	.255	.323	.106	0	1

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	2339	0.5088	0.4062	0.8179	0.5454	0.2620	0.8829	0.6777	0.1821	0.0055
2009	1831	0.5025	0.3774	0.8003	0.4957	0.2580	0.8947	0.6170	0.1997	0.0100
2010	1478	0.5129	0.3890	0.8452	0.5172	0.2542	0.9056	0.7158	0.1548	0.0063
2011	2144	0.5196	0.4188	0.8497	0.5350	0.2932	0.9245	0.7020	0.1503	0.0086
2012	2779	0.5193	0.4030	0.8625	0.5211	0.2754	0.9215	0.7418	0.1375	-0.0013
2013	2395	0.5244	0.4150	0.8602	0.5382	0.2792	0.9172	0.7390	0.1398	-0.0028
2014	2218	0.5293	0.3954	0.8039	0.4974	0.2807	0.9110	0.5904	0.1961	-0.0029
2015	1788	0.4978	0.3949	0.8215	0.5011	0.2895	0.9170	0.6577	0.1785	-0.0020
2016	1786	0.5213	0.3634	0.8475	0.4694	0.2480	0.9199	0.6981	0.1525	0.0000
2017	993	0.5358	0.3867	0.8073	0.5094	0.2451	0.8745	0.6460	0.1927	0.0000
Career	19751	0.5169	0.3971	0.8341	0.5152	0.2709	0.9090	0.6827	0.1659	0.0020

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
2014-09-06	2014-09-12	DTD	6	5	-	Low Back	Spasms		-
2014-09-02	2014-09-02	DTD	0	0	-	Low Back	Tightness		-
2014-08-10	2014-08-15	DTD	5	3	Left	Thumb	Sprain		-
2014-04-21	2014-04-23	DTD	2	2	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
2014-04-06	2014-04-12	DTD	6	5	-	Low Back	Spasms		-	-
2014-04-04	2014-04-05	DTD	1	1	-	Low Back	Spasms		-	-
2013-08-17	2013-08-19	DTD	2	2	-	Low Back	Spasms		-	-
2013-05-08	2013-05-08	DTD	0	0	-	Elbow	Inflammation	Lateral Epicondylitis	-	-
2012-07-26	2012-07-26	DTD	0	0	-	Trunk	Contusion	Ribs HBP	-	-
2012-05-23	2012-05-25	DTD	2	1	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-	-
2012-03-27	2012-03-30	Camp	3	0	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation	Injection	-	-
2012-03-22	2012-03-24	Camp	2	0	Right	Arm	Soreness		-	-
2011-08-05	2011-08-08	DTD	3	3	Left	Ankle	Soreness		-	-
2011-04-10	2011-05-10	15-DL	30	25	Left	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique In Different Place	-
2011-04-07	2011-04-09	DTD	2	1	Left	Abdomen	Soreness	Oblique	-
2010-09-26	2010-09-30	DTD	4	4		Knee	Soreness		-
2010-08-12	2010-08-17	DTD	5	4	Left	Wrist	Soreness		-
2010-06-07	2010-07-03	15-DL	26	23	Left	Wrist	Contusion		-
2010-06-05	2010-06-06	DTD	1	1	Left	Wrist	Soreness		-
2010-05-05	2010-05-25	15-DL	20	17	Left	Wrist	Sprain		-
2010-04-29	2010-04-30	DTD	1	1			Sprain	Turf Toe	-
2010-03-14	2010-03-21	Camp	7	0	Right	Thigh	Tightness	Quadriceps	-
2009-07-12	2009-07-13	DTD	1	1		Shoulder	Soreness	Clavicle	-
2009-05-23	2009-05-27	DTD	4	4		Low Back	Spasms		-
2009-05-13	2009-05-13	DTD	0	0		General Medical	Illness	Headache	-
2009-04-15	2009-04-17	DTD	2	1		Mid Back	Tightness		-
2008-09-25	2008-09-25	DTD	0	0		Thumb	Sprain	Thumb	-
2008-06-12	2008-06-18	DTD	6	5	Left	Shoulder	Strain	Rotator Cuff	-
2008-03-17	2008-03-31	Camp	14	0		General Medical	Illness	Bacterial Infection	-
2007-07-03	2007-07-05	DTD	2	2		General Medical	Respiratory	Flu	-
2007-06-21	2007-06-25	DTD	4	3		Low Back	Soreness		-
2007-06-19	2007-06-19	DTD	0	0	Left	Hip	Soreness	Hip Flexor	-
2006-05-17	2006-10-01	60-DL	137	122	Right	Ankle	Surgery	Deltoid Ligament and Torn Peroneal Retinaculum	2006-07-20
2006-03-15	2006-03-21	Camp	6	0		Low Back	Spasms		-
2005-09-16	2005-09-20	DTD	4	3	Right		Sprain	Turf Toe	-
2004-03-16	2004-03-16	Camp	0	0	Left	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2004-03-09	2004-09-18	Minors	193	0	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	Multiple Labrum Tears From Dislocation	2004-05-28

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2017	BAL	$14,000,000
2016	BAL	$12,500,000
2015	BAL	$11,500,000
2014	BAL	$7,916,667
2013	BAL	$7,416,667
2012	BAL	$7,416,667
2011	BAL	$5,850,000
2010	MIN	$5,100,000
2009	MIL	$4,650,000
2008	MIL	$2,650,000
2007	MIL	$400,000
2006	MIL	$355,000

Years	Description	Salary
12 yr	Previous	$79,755,001
12 yr	Total	$79,755,001

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
12 y 164 d	Lagardere Unlimited	3 years/$22.25M (2012-14)

Details

3 years/$40M (2015-17), plus 2018 option. Signed extension with Baltimore 10/9/14. 15:$11.5M, 16:$12.5M, 17:$14M, 18:$14M club option, $2M buyout. Option for 2018 guaranteed if Hardy 1) has 600 plate appearances in 2017 or 1,150 PAs in 2016-17 and 2) passes physical after 2017 season. Option for 2018 guaranteed with trade. Annual performance bonuses: $0.35M each for 125, 135 games started, with money paid on July 1 four years after bonus is earned. Undisclosed amount of salary is deferred. Baltimore declined 2018 option 11/3/17.
3 years/$22.25M (2012-14). Signed extension with Baltimore 7/17/11. $1.25M signing bonus. 12:$7M, 13:$7M, 14:$7M. 2013, 2014 salaries both increase by $0.5M with All-Star, Silver Slugger or top 10 in MVP vote in 2012. 2014 salary increases by $1M with All-Star, Silver Slugger or top 10 in MVP vote in 2012 and 2013. Limited no-trade protection (may block deals to 8 clubs). $0.25M assignment bonus if traded. Escalators based on awards, performance.
1 year/$5.85M (2011). Signed by Baltimore 1/18/11 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$5.1M (2010). Signed by Minnesota 1/19/10 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Baltimore in trade from Minnesota 12/9/10 (Twins paid Orioles $0.5M in deal).
1 year/$4.65M (2009). Re-signed 1/12/09 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Minnesota in trade from Milwaukee 11/6/09.
1 year/$2.65M (2008). Re-signed by Milwaukee 2/15/08 (avoided arbitration, $3.05M-$2.4M).
1 year/$0.4M (2007). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/07.
1 year/$0.355M (2006). Re-signed by Milwaukee 2/06.
1 year/$0.316M (2005). Re-signed by Milwaukee 2/05.
Drafted by Milwaukee 2001 (2-56) (Sabino HS, Tucson, Ari.). $0.735M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
90^o	380	42	100	23	2	8	42	30	63	1	.292	.352	.440	113	21.5	SS 2	2.5
80^o	361	38	90	21	1	7	39	28	61	0	.274	.335	.409	106	16.0	SS 2	1.9
70^o	347	35	84	20	1	7	36	26	60	0	.266	.324	.402	101	12.3	SS 2	1.5
60^o	336	33	78	18	1	6	34	24	58	0	.255	.311	.379	96	9.4	SS 2	1.2
50^o	325	31	74	17	1	6	32	23	57	0	.249	.306	.374	92	6.8	SS 2	0.9
40^o	314	29	70	16	1	6	31	21	56	0	.243	.297	.368	87	4.4	SS 2	0.7
30^o	303	28	65	15	1	5	29	20	55	0	.234	.288	.349	83	1.9	SS 2	0.4
20^o	289	25	60	14	1	5	27	18	53	0	.226	.278	.342	77	-0.7	SS 2	0.1
10^o	270	22	52	12	1	4	24	16	51	0	.208	.257	.312	70	-3.9	SS 2	-0.2
Weighted Mean	328	32	76	18	1	6	33	23	58	0	.253	.309	.380	93	7.6	SS 2	1.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2016-04-25 23:00:00 (link to chat)	Can you name three AL Only players you'd go hunting for because their early season performance is making them great Buy Low targets? (conjoinedtwins from Toronto)	Hmmm. Moustakas has been killing the ball, with one of the league's best average exit velos and improvement to his already-stellar contact rate. He's a guy that hits his share of fly balls and tends to run a poor BABIP, but the .232 rate he's posted to date doesn't jive with how he's hitting the ball. Won't be buying "low," but he makes for a more solid investment than a fellow owner may give credit at this time and is a "take him off the hands of someone who's trying to sell high" candidate. And then scared to say it out loud, but J.J. Hardy's been hitting the ball better than he has in a long time, may be marginal upside there for the likely rock-bottom price you'll have to pay for him. Given still-low bar for passable SS/MI offense could be an easy option in deeper leagues. And then Brad Miller's been struggling mightily with his approach and expanding the zone, but when he has made contact it's been much better than his results. I liked him pre-season, still optimistic he rights the ship: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=28395 (Wilson Karaman)
2014-08-29 12:00:00 (link to chat)	Do the O's re-sign J.J. Hardy? (John from CT)	Wouldn't surprise me if they did, but I don't have any inside information here. (R.J. Anderson)
2014-07-08 13:00:00 (link to chat)	With J.J. Hardy's pending free agency, could the Cubs look to move Castro for one of the Orioles' top arms? (nottes from MD)	Anything is possible. Part of me would like to believe the Orioles would entertain moving Machado back to third base, but I know that's unlikely. (Mark Anderson)
2014-04-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you think Manny Machado returns to SS after JJ Hardy's contract ends at the end of this season? I remember that being the line of thinking in the MLB community a year or two ago, but Machado has played some good defense at 3B since he's been moved there. Does he stick at 3B or is a move to SS still possible? Where does he end up for Opening Day 2015? (Rob from Oklahoma)	We have multiple Manny Machado to shortstop questions, so let's cover those here. I'm not convinced Machado will move back to shortstop anymore, in large part because I'm not convinced the Orioles will let J.J. Hardy walk. Now, if they do, then maybe they go after one of the third basemen available this winter and slide Machado to shortstop. I know that's a ticky-tack answer, but I don't have any insight into their plans and I don't think there's a clear best approach here. (R.J. Anderson)
2013-01-14 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Better player over their career: Machado or Profar ? Does Machado ever get a shot at SS and if he does how long can he stay there ? (tbwhite from San Deigo)	Tough question. I'll go with Machado. And yes, I think he'll play shortstop when J.J. Hardy's contract is up (after 2014), if not sooner, and that he could stick there until, let's say, his late-20s. Might take just as long for Profar to get a shot at playing short regularly. (Ben Lindbergh)
2011-02-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	can the brewers win with yuniesky at SS? (BStephen from milwaukee)	It can be done, especially if FRAA's sunny take on his 2010 defensive performance carries over to this season. Of course, I'd like their chances better if J.J. Hardy were still around. (Ben Lindbergh)
2010-10-25 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Great articles so far this postseason CK. In fact I've enjoyed the entire BP approach to each game/series (with the preview, pitch matchups, and recaps). What do you see this offseason for the O's? Rangers or Giants? (McNulty from Baltimore)	Thanks McNulty, the compliment's appreciated. I know that I love writing about individual games, and maybe it was early exposure to Okrent's "Nine Innings," but then I think using a game as a vehicle for shuttling between macro and micro theme-wise is interesting in itself. And the stuff that Matt and Eric and the rest of the team have been bringing to the table has been an enhancement I've appreciated as much as the audience. For the O's... well, hopefully some learning from the mistakes of the recent past. Garrett Atkins was a few million they could have more usefully invested in inner-city baseball, because that would have done more to earn or retain fans than one broke-bat ex-Rockie. "Stay the course" isn't much consolation, though, but with Showalter skippering the squad, I'm more interested to see who he decides has value from among the talent they have on hand. If there's a FA I'd like to see them pursue, it's J.J. Hardy, because they shouldn't settle for the likes of Izturis this time around. (Christina Kahrl)
2010-10-25 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who do the Redbirds turn to for inexpensive middle-infield help? With the Pujols situation looming, I'm guessing they won't have lots of money to spend. (Matt from Chicago)	I'm willing to invest a measure of faith in Daniel Descalso at second base, which allows them to skip the now obviously abortive Schumaker experiment at the keystone. Which really leaves them shopping for shortstops, and the market's pretty weak on that score if you consider Jeter's not really in play. It's probably J.J. Hardy or bust, which is OK--you're the Cardinals, and you exploit the advantages of playing in front of the game's best fans in a fine park, playing with some of the best players in baseball while having a legit shot at contention. Haggle, sign, enjoy. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-10-13 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Christina, what can the Reed Sox do to improve on this year's result? Obviously they won plenty of regular-season games and they don't have many real deficiencies, but that playoff series left a bad taste in my mouth. (Dr. Wayne Pitcher from Castro Valley, CA)	A bad taste? Maybe it's my being an A's fan, but between the burgeoning promise of Texas, the Mariners' interesting volte-face, and the Angels' present reign, I very much liked seeing the AL West school an East beast and remind people that baseball is not merely about the same two teams the networks go gooey for. I think the Red Sox really do have to find an answer for left field, because the division's going to be too tight next year for them to be able to just settle for a placeholder or give Josh Reddick a developmental year. There are no good answers at shortstop as far as free agency, so it's either settle for what they have or talk to the Brewers about how to get J.J. Hardy. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-10-13 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Would a Michael Bowden for J.J. Hardy deal work? (Dr. Wayne Pitcher from Castro Valley, CA)	It very well might, but if I were the Brewers, I'd ask for something extra. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-09-08 13:00:00 (link to chat)	J.J. Hardy to the Red sox makes a lot of sense, no? What would this do to his fantasy value? (tommybones from brooklyn)	He would leave the NL, but he would also enter the best park for doubles in the majors. I think he'd do pretty alright for himself, and the Red Sox would be a much better team for it. Hardy is part of my personal plan to make the Red Sox a more well-rounded club in 2010. Matt Holliday is another obvious part of that, given his glove and similarity to Bay with the bat. (Marc Normandin)
2008-10-09 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Homer Bailey for JJ Hardy - reasonable deal? (kingofstyle from NY)	Me, I wouldn't take Bailey for a J.J. Hardy rookie card, let alone Hardy himself, at least right now. Hardy's been worth about 14 WARP3 the past two years, and while the Brewers have a prospect in Alicedes Escobar, if they're going to trade their starting SS for pitching, they've got to get back somebody who's much more developed, a surer bet. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-03-25 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Christina, Thanks for answering. In retrospect, how did your picks of NRA's work out? Also - I drafted both Maybin and Longoria this year in my main pool (non-keeper). When can I expect them to be up for good? Keep up the greatness! (rawagman from Work)	Well, I'm still upset about not finishing the series, but that's on me, even in the face of a hectic travel schedule, running the site all the while, and then losing more weight than J.J. Hardy has with the flu this past week. (I'm still not 100 percent yet.) It will certainly be interesting to review, but my focus for the immediate future is going to be on reviewing the major moves from the last couple of weeks, then evaluating the Opening Day rosters, and moving on to doing more of what I'm more interested in at the moment: player usage patterns, what managers create semi-stable roles for their players, in-game tactics, and some discussion of historical tactics and team-level operations. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-03-18 17:00:00 (link to chat)	Im not sure if a fantasy question is up your alley, but im in a 5x5 head to head 12 team mixed league and am lacking in pitching, i have offered Joe Nathan J.J. Hardy, and Joey Votto(1b and OF eligiable), along with either Khalil Greene or Mike Napoli (Soto is my starter) for Chris Young, Derek Jeter, and Kosuke Fukudome; would this deal be beneficial to me? (Keith from Naugatuck, CT)	It's been a long time since I played in a 5x5 league, but I guess I would have to see who you have at the positions you're giving up in order to be able to fully answer your question. It sounds OK, but I would have to know more. Having said that, making deals in fantasy is part of the fun. All ofyou: Roll the dice! Get on the phone! Play Trader Lane in the privacy of your tool shed. You're there to have fun. (Jim Baker)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2010-10-06 10:00:00	2010 Playoffs Day One	I must admit, J.J. Hardy is a guy I've always kind of liked, back to his days as a Brewer. I thought he got something of a rough deal when he got pushed out there, and I'm glad to see he's latched onto a team and has a job in the playoffs. (Colin Wyers)
2010-10-06 10:00:00	2010 Playoffs Day One	J.J. Hardy had a very good second half. (Steven Goldman)
2008-10-02 11:00:00	Thursday Playoff Games	Brian Gallagher (Evanston): Brett Myers is more likely to ______ than Carlos Zambrano. My answer is "walk J.J. Hardy with the bases loaded to give Milwaukee a 1-0 lead." (Kevin Goldstein)

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