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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
20	9537	.290	.356	.500	.293	59.8

Birth Date	3-7-1968
Height	6' 1"
Weight	185 lbs

Age	50 years, 7 months, 15 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1992	NYN	24	37	121	113	16	27	8	1	3	46	7	29	1	0	0	15	0	2	.239	.289	.407	.251	2.3	-1.6	0.1
1992	TOR	24	65	222	192	36	46	13	1	8	85	20	47	6	4	0	35	2	1	.240	.324	.443	.279	11.7	-2.7	1.0
1993	NYN	25	140	544	496	65	134	24	0	21	221	30	88	8	4	6	80	4	4	.270	.320	.446	.273	20.7	-15.1	0.6
1994	NYN	26	107	452	415	53	121	24	5	14	197	23	84	10	3	1	68	1	4	.292	.341	.475	.279	26.5	-0.8	2.5
1995	NYN	27	125	514	472	65	131	22	3	20	219	29	89	8	4	1	65	3	3	.278	.327	.464	.279	26.3	2.5	2.8
1996	CLE	28	39	116	102	16	27	7	0	3	43	10	22	1	3	0	16	2	1	.265	.328	.422	.262	3.3	-0.5	0.3
1996	NYN	28	89	361	335	45	97	20	1	9	146	21	56	1	3	1	39	4	3	.290	.331	.436	.267	17.7	7.9	2.4
1997	SFN	29	155	651	580	90	145	38	2	29	274	48	133	13	10	0	121	11	3	.250	.316	.472	.270	23.7	14.3	3.8
1998	SFN	30	137	594	526	94	156	37	3	31	292	48	110	9	10	1	128	9	4	.297	.359	.555	.304	45.7	8.4	5.3
1999	SFN	31	138	585	511	86	148	40	2	23	261	61	112	5	8	0	101	13	6	.290	.366	.511	.288	32.1	-5.2	2.5
2000	SFN	32	159	695	587	114	196	41	7	33	350	90	107	9	9	0	125	12	9	.334	.424	.596	.338	78.2	3.6	7.6
2001	SFN	33	159	696	607	84	181	49	6	22	308	65	96	11	13	0	106	7	6	.298	.369	.507	.308	50.2	6.8	5.6
2002	SFN	34	152	682	623	102	195	42	2	37	352	52	101	4	3	0	108	5	1	.313	.368	.565	.323	65.7	6.2	7.2
2003	HOU	35	130	552	505	77	150	39	1	22	257	39	85	5	3	0	93	6	2	.297	.351	.509	.289	31.4	1.4	3.3
2004	HOU	36	145	606	540	96	156	34	8	27	287	49	96	6	11	0	107	7	3	.289	.348	.531	.302	41.3	-5.8	3.5
2005	LAN	37	149	637	553	100	160	36	0	29	283	72	85	8	4	0	105	6	2	.289	.377	.512	.303	48.6	-3.1	4.6
2006	LAN	38	115	473	407	61	119	27	3	14	194	55	69	8	3	0	68	1	2	.292	.385	.477	.298	31.4	-2.2	2.8
2007	LAN	39	136	562	494	78	149	36	1	20	247	57	61	5	6	0	79	1	3	.302	.375	.500	.293	36.3	-2.9	3.3
2008	LAN	40	121	474	440	42	123	23	1	12	184	25	52	7	2	0	59	0	1	.280	.327	.418	.261	10.2	-3.8	0.6
Career			2298	9537	8498	1320	2461	560	47	377	4246	801	1522	125	103	10	1518	94	60	.290	.356	.500	.293	603.2	7.3	59.8

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1989	STC	A-	73	311	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.270			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1990	DUN	A+	132	512	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.321			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1991	KNX	AA	139	540	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.308			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1992	NYN	MLB	37	121	.251	.246	.306	.361	.249	.296	96	-1.1	3.1	-0.1	-1.6	0.3	2.3	0.1	2.3	0.1
1992	TOR	MLB	65	222	.279	.258	.328	.384	.266	.270	102	4.1	5.8	0.5	-2.7	1.3	11.7	1.0	11.7	1.0
1993	NYN	MLB	140	544	.273	.261	.322	.392	.255	.289	96	7.7	15.6	-0.4	-15.1	-2.1	20.7	0.6	20.7	0.6
1994	NYN	MLB	107	452	.279	.265	.327	.410	.255	.334	98	9.8	13.7	-0.6	-0.8	3.6	26.5	2.5	26.5	2.5
1995	NYN	MLB	125	514	.279	.259	.325	.399	.255	.302	97	11	15.4	-0.7	2.5	0.6	26.3	2.8	26.3	2.8
1996	CLE	MLB	39	116	.262	.277	.347	.445	.271	.300	100	0.2	3.6	-1.3	-0.5	0.8	3.3	0.3	3.3	0.3
1996	NYN	MLB	89	361	.267	.266	.329	.414	.254	.322	98	2.8	11.2	1.5	7.9	2.2	17.7	2.4	17.7	2.4
1997	SFN	MLB	155	651	.270	.264	.330	.415	.258	.271	100	7	17.3	-1.6	14.3	1.0	23.7	3.8	23.7	3.8
1998	SFN	MLB	137	594	.304	.267	.331	.418	.258	.316	98	28.7	15.4	-0.8	8.4	2.5	45.7	5.3	45.7	5.3
1999	SFN	MLB	138	585	.288	.273	.343	.437	.262	.326	97	19.2	15.9	-0.9	-5.2	-2.0	32.1	2.5	32.1	2.5
2000	SFN	MLB	159	695	.338	.269	.340	.436	.260	.357	96	64.4	19.1	-1.9	3.6	-3.4	78.2	7.6	78.2	7.6
2001	SFN	MLB	159	696	.308	.264	.329	.437	.261	.317	96	36.5	18.8	-2.8	6.8	-2.2	50.2	5.6	50.2	5.6
2002	SFN	MLB	152	682	.323	.260	.328	.418	.260	.324	97	46.1	17.4	-1.5	6.2	3.7	65.7	7.2	65.7	7.2
2003	HOU	MLB	130	552	.289	.266	.333	.427	.261	.319	104	17.3	14.5	-0.7	1.4	0.4	31.4	3.3	31.4	3.3
2003	ROU	AA	3	12	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.250			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	HOU	MLB	145	606	.302	.263	.328	.425	.262	.301	94	28.3	18.0	-1	-5.8	-4.1	41.3	3.5	41.3	3.5
2005	LAN	MLB	149	637	.303	.267	.331	.424	.263	.296	97	29	18.3	-1.6	-3.1	2.8	48.6	4.6	48.6	4.6
2006	LAN	MLB	115	473	.298	.266	.334	.427	.264	.321	94	20.3	14.2	-1.1	-2.2	-2.1	31.4	2.8	31.4	2.8
2007	LAN	MLB	136	562	.293	.264	.328	.419	.256	.308	99	20.6	16.7	-0.8	-2.9	-0.3	36.3	3.3	36.3	3.3
2008	LAN	MLB	121	474	.261	.265	.330	.422	.264	.294	94	0.7	13.7	-0.7	-3.8	-3.6	10.2	0.6	10.2	0.6

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1989	STC	A-	311	34	60	14	1	13	37	33	81	5	1	.224	.322	.429	.205	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1990	DUN	A+	512	72	124	32	2	16	60	53	98	17	7	.277	.360	.465	.188	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1991	KNX	AA	540	68	114	34	1	12	61	80	104	25	6	.256	.380	.418	.162	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1992	TOR	MLB	222	36	46	13	1	8	35	20	47	2	1	.240	.324	.443	.203	.279	11.7	-2.7	1.0
1992	NYN	MLB	121	16	27	8	1	3	15	7	29	0	2	.239	.289	.407	.168	.251	2.3	-1.6	0.1
1993	NYN	MLB	544	65	134	24	0	21	80	30	88	4	4	.270	.320	.446	.175	.273	20.7	-15.1	0.6
1994	NYN	MLB	452	53	121	24	5	14	68	23	84	1	4	.292	.341	.475	.183	.279	26.5	-0.8	2.5
1995	NYN	MLB	514	65	131	22	3	20	65	29	89	3	3	.278	.327	.464	.186	.279	26.3	2.5	2.8
1996	CLE	MLB	116	16	27	7	0	3	16	10	22	2	1	.265	.328	.422	.157	.262	3.3	-0.5	0.3
1996	NYN	MLB	361	45	97	20	1	9	39	21	56	4	3	.290	.331	.436	.146	.267	17.7	7.9	2.4
1997	SFN	MLB	651	90	145	38	2	29	121	48	133	11	3	.250	.316	.472	.222	.270	23.7	14.3	3.8
1998	SFN	MLB	594	94	156	37	3	31	128	48	110	9	4	.297	.359	.555	.259	.304	45.7	8.4	5.3
1999	SFN	MLB	585	86	148	40	2	23	101	61	112	13	6	.290	.366	.511	.221	.288	32.1	-5.2	2.5
2000	SFN	MLB	695	114	196	41	7	33	125	90	107	12	9	.334	.424	.596	.262	.338	78.2	3.6	7.6
2001	SFN	MLB	696	84	181	49	6	22	106	65	96	7	6	.298	.369	.507	.209	.308	50.2	6.8	5.6
2002	SFN	MLB	682	102	195	42	2	37	108	52	101	5	1	.313	.368	.565	.252	.323	65.7	6.2	7.2
2003	ROU	AA	12	1	3	0	0	1	6	1	1	0	1	.300	.364	.600	.300	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	HOU	MLB	552	77	150	39	1	22	93	39	85	6	2	.297	.351	.509	.212	.289	31.4	1.4	3.3
2004	HOU	MLB	606	96	156	34	8	27	107	49	96	7	3	.289	.348	.531	.243	.302	41.3	-5.8	3.5
2005	LAN	MLB	637	100	160	36	0	29	105	72	85	6	2	.289	.377	.512	.222	.303	48.6	-3.1	4.6
2006	LAN	MLB	473	61	119	27	3	14	68	55	69	1	2	.292	.385	.477	.184	.298	31.4	-2.2	2.8
2007	LAN	MLB	562	78	149	36	1	20	79	57	61	1	3	.302	.375	.500	.198	.293	36.3	-2.9	3.3
2008	LAN	MLB	474	42	123	23	1	12	59	25	52	0	1	.280	.327	.418	.139	.261	10.2	-3.8	0.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR	PITCHES	ZONE_RT	SWING_RT	CONTACT_RT	Z_SWING_RT	O_SWING_RT	Z_CONTACT_RT	O_CONTACT_RT	SW_STRK_RT	CSAA_CHANCES	CSAA_RT
2008	1565	0.5195	0.4914	0.8270	0.7036	0.2620	0.8934	0.6345	0.1730	644	-0.009503
Career	1565	0.5195	0.4914	0.827	0.7036	0.262	0.8934	0.6345	0.173	644	-0.0095

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
2008-08-30	2008-09-20	15-DL	21	19	Left	Knee	Surgery	Cartilage	2008-08-31
2006-07-18	2006-08-07	15-DL	20	18	Right	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2006-05-28	2006-06-14	15-DL	17	15	Left	Wrist	Sprain		-
2003-06-19	2003-07-16	15-DL	27	23	Left	Wrist	Inflammation		-
2002-03-21	2002-04-06	15-DL	16	4	Left	Wrist	Fracture		-
1999-08-03	1999-08-21	15-DL	18	15	Left	Foot	Inflammation		-	-
1998-06-10	1998-07-09	15-DL	29	24	Right	Knee	Sprain		-	-
1995-07-06	1995-07-21	15-DL	15	12	Right	Shoulder	Sprain		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2008	LAN	$9,000,000
2007	LAN	$9,814,117
2006	LAN	$9,400,000
2005	LAN	$7,350,000
2004	HOU	$10,000,000
2003	HOU	$7,500,000
2002	SFN	$6,000,000
2001	SFN	$6,000,000
2000	SFN	$6,000,000

Years	Description	Salary
9 yr	Previous	$71,064,117
9 yr	Total	$71,064,117

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
17 y	Jeffrey Klein

Details

1 year/$11.5M (2007), plus 2008 club option. Signed extension with LA Dodgers 3/06. $2M signing bonus (paid in installments). 07:$9M, 08:$9M club option ($0.5M buyout). 2008 option guaranteed with 550 plate appearances in 2007. Additional $2.35M in performance bonuses & escalators, 2007-08.
2 years/$17M (2005-06). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 12/04. $0.5M signing bonus. 05:$7.5M, 06:$9M.
2 years/$18.2M (2003-04), plus 2005 club option. Signed by Houston as a free agent 12/02. $3M signing bonus. 03:$6M, 04:$8.5M, 05:$9M club option ($0.7M buyout). $10.5M deferred: 03: $2M deferred to 3/1/05 & $3M deferred to 7/1/05. 04: $2M deferred to 3/1/06 & $3.5M deferred to 7/1/06. $25,000 All Star award bonus. Houston declined 2005 option 10/04.
3 years/$17.7M (1999-2001), plus 2002 club option. 99:$5.7M, 00:$6M, 01:$6M, 02:$6M club option.
2 years/$6.025M (1997-98), plus 1999 option. Signed by San Francisco 1/97. 97:$2.625M, 98:$3.4M.
1 year/$1.96M (1996). Re-signed by NY Mets 2/96 ($2.275M-$1.5M). Acquired by Cleveland in trade from NY Mets 7/96. Acquired by San Francisco in trade from Cleveland 11/96.
1 year/$0.71M (1995)
1 year/$0.4375M (1994)
1 year/$0.195M (1993). Re-signed by NY Mets 1993.
1 year/$0.109M (1992). Re-signed by Toronto 1992. Acquired by NY Mets in trade from Toronto 8/92.
Drafted by Toronto 1989 (20-521) (Cal).

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Date	Question	Answer
2013-01-11 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Jay, I'm sure you're going to get a bunch of questions on if is a hall of famer to you. My question is on Jeff Kent. He's pretty well below HOF average in JAWS for second basemen (mostly because his WAR is lowered due to the era in which he played), but his non-adjusted numbers are pretty high for a second baseman. Would you say that he is a hall of famer? (Dan from Danvers)	I'm not a huge fan of his candidacy, especially on a ballot as crowded as the coming ones. That said, the big knock on him is defense, which is much less of an exact science, and his merits from a traditional standpoint are pretty decent. I wouldn't put him on my ballot, but I can understand why others would. (Jay Jaffe on the Hall of Fame)
2010-08-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Wouldn't a change in coaches/team have to factor in a player coming from nowhere? Matt Stairs, Jeff Kent, Ryan Ludwick, Joes Batista all went from one team to another. Not only do they get playing time but a new coach that could correct a defect. (Bob from DC)	It's tough to measure that sort of thing, but it's something to look out for when it does happen. Ludwick had the benefit of being healthy as well. Bautista actually started hitting for more power before he went to Toronto--had a huge September in 2009. Coaches tend to get too much or too little credit it seems. There are times where they definitely make a difference with a player though. (Marc Normandin)
2010-03-25 14:00:00 (link to chat)	With second basemen tending to hit that early cliff, do you think Chase Utley is the player we've come to expect this season? (Will Bailey from Washington)	Yes. Late starter, very adept around the bag. He's more Jeff Kent than anything else, and he'll be good for a long time. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-12-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Jeff Kent a first-ballot HoF-er? (Jack B from NJ)	No. But I do believe he'll get in, probably within a few years of being eligble. I'm not sure it's actually warranted (see last year's article; low defensive value, middling OBPs). (Jay Jaffe)
2009-09-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Does the inclusion of Sean Rodriguez as the PTBNL in the Scott Kazmir trade change your opinion on it at all? (eneff1 from Berkeley, CA)	I followed up on that element the next day, and no, not substantially. Rodriguez isn't going to stick at shortstop, and murdilating pitching in Utah in a repeat engagement isn't exactly a rare talent, as good as Rodriguez is. I don't think he'll be the next Jeff Kent, but I do think he can be a solid regular at second. The problem as I see it is that a solid regular at second is an easier commodity to find than a quality rotation regular. For me, the deal still boils down to how good Torres winds up, and that could be very good. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-07-30 14:00:00 (link to chat)	So, now that Mr. Beckham has settled in with the ChiSox do you see him as a more like Jeff Kent? Utley? Joe Morgan? Uggla? (max from DC)	I think Utley is a good comp. I really like Beckham a lot. He's made a huge jump and a very short period. (John Perrotto)
2009-03-16 13:00:00 (link to chat)	To Derek Lowe's chagrin, is there any reason the Dodgers wont have the best up the middle infield defense in baseball this year? Martin is more than solid, Hudson, though overrated, is still a top line 2b and Furcal is near gold glove level. How much of a help will they be to the kiddie corps? (Silv from NY, NY)	Keep in mind that much of Hudson's good defensive stats are generated by his work on balls in the air. Like Derek Jeter, he has very good range going back on balls. He's a good infielder otherwise, but the numbers would lead you to believe he's Frank White. He's not. With that said, this team had Angel Berroa and Jeff Kent up the middle at times last year. This is much better. A good defense helps you develop pitching by encouraging early-count outs, reducing pitches out of the stretch and getting guys off the field quickly. The Dodgers have helped themselves in more ways than one. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-01-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I have a business venture for you. We can start the Hall of Very Good players. We can place it in nearby Utica, NY and players like Jeff Kent, Sammy Sosa, Curt Schilling can headline our class in 5 years or so! What do you think? (Ryan from NY)	Pass. While none of the players yo mention are slam dunks, all three have reasonable HOF cases and I would expect one or two of them to get in. Besides, I'd favor Schenectady over Utica out of personal allegiance to a friend. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-01-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Jeff Kent - Hall of famer? (leitch71 from Baltimore)	I'm considering taking up this question -- and that of other recent retirees like Greg Maddux and Mike Mussina -- for my next piece, so I'll withhold comment until then. Apologies for the technical difficulties thus far. The epically slow load times I'm experiencing on this end have me needing to reset the chat. Back momentarily... (Jay Jaffe)
2009-01-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Where does a player like Adam Dunn land in this mess of a marketplace? I can't think of any good fits off the top of my head (maybe Anaheim?) where his skillset meshes well with the team's needs and likely tolerances... (Aaron from YYZ)	It's difficult to believe that a 29-year-old who's reached 40 homers in each of hte last five seasons won't find a home eventually. Slotted at first base, he'd be a decent play for the Nationals, who could undoubtedly use his thump. I've argued before (http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/web/COM1148908/index.htm) that he would make good sense for the Dodgers in the event they don't re-sign Manny Ramirez, since they haven't had a player top 20 homers since Jeff Kent in 2005. Though he lacks Manny's charisma, even moving into the least hitter-friendly park of his career he'd be an imposing middle-of-the-order presence, and he's hardly a major step down from Manny defensively. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-11-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Steve: Loved the book on Casey. There's nothing else like it. The Swisher trade is a great deal for which Cashman deserves a lot of credit-first of all in finding him, hadn't the Sox put him in the Witness Protection Program? But I digress. I do have the opinion that the Yankees must move on with Robinson Cano. While his trade value has been diminished, wait til you see what it is this time next year! Proposed replacements: (a) Available inexpensively: Mike Fontenot, who is a free agent. Available expensively: Jeff Kent (please NO!), Brian Roberts. Am I jumping the shark on Cano? (BeplerP from New York City)	Thank you, BeplerP, for reading Forging Genius and for the kind words. The question isn't whether you've jumped the shark on Cano, but whether Cano himself has jumped the shark (I've never heard jumping the shark used to signify that one might be ahead of the shark). I don't think he has, given his age and post-April rates of .297/.326/.448. The problem with Cano is that he seems like he doesn't care half the time. He's locked in for a week, and then he goes 0-for-20 swinging at first pitches and starts making careless plays in the infield. This makes him immensely frustrating to watch, not least of all to the Yankees themselves. How do you keep this guy locked in? They don't know, so the temptation is to make him someone else's problem--and it wouldn't be the end of the world. You could get a 2B who has lower highs but also higher lows, or lower batting averages but is better at getting on base. In that case, the decision to make a change depends on who you can get--the Yankees really need to stay focused on offense. But if your question is, "Will he rebound and improve his value?" I think yes, he will. (Steven Goldman)
2008-11-03 13:30:00 (link to chat)	Luis Castillo for Mike Cameron ... allows Weeks to move to CF, gives the Mets another couple of years to find a corner OF ... (of course, we have to figure out if Daniel Murphy can hack it at 2B this Winter) (dianagramr from NYC)	Good point, Diane, except that Cameron's not really an asset in a corner. I was sort of counting on Murphy/Tatis to man one corner, and then no rely too heavily on Ryan Church. Obviously, position-relative value-wise, Murphy might make a lovely hitter for a second baseman, but for every Jeff Kent who actually transcended low expectations for his defense, you've got a legion of guys whose glove work doesn't hack it. Castillo might be the lesser evil the Mets just have to endure because, like Schneider, he was more valuable to Omar Minaya than he is to several billion other people. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-10-24 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Hey Jay. You continue to rock the house at BP. Follow-up to the first question of the chat--who do you see as the most likely HOF candidates on each of these WS teams? I know it's a lot harder to make any kind of prognostication with the kids, like Price, but hey, it's fun to take a guess. (Ameer from NYC)	Hey Ameer! Thanks for the kind words. Looking at these rosters, I'd say both Utley and Howard have uphill battles given their relatively late starts to their careers, though Utley could be the Jeff Kent of the next decade albeit with better defense AND plate discipline. Rollins may make a run at 3000 hits; despite his flaws, he's got 1461 through his Age 29 season and he's generally been very durable. The sky's the limit for Cole Hamels if he stays healthy... And you an say that about Longoria, Upton, Price, Shields, Kazmir... all of them or none of them might pan out as HOFers - if I had to pick one I'd put my money on Longoria. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-06-17 15:00:00 (link to chat)	Hey Jay, thanks for all the great work you do at BP and FI. Do you have any insight into why the Dodgers are only using LaRoche as a spot player? Or when he may become a regular? I'm of the opinion that a prospect should be playing every day, in the majors if he's ready and there's room, or the minors otherwise. Anything less and you're stunting his development. (Jeff from NYC)	Sticking with the Dodgers for a couple more here... I tend to agree with you, particularly given the way in which LaRoche has struggled to stay healthy over the last couple years.With Blake DeWitt slumping (.196/.260/.217 in June) and the Dodger offense wheezing, now's the time to make the move. Let LaRoche play now that he's healthy, send DeWitt back to Triple-A and let him rediscover his stroke and review how to play second base, because it may make sense to put him there given Jeff Kent's struggles. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-05-30 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Shawn Greene is a Jewish dude with a Catholic-sounding name, but I doubt he could get me a severed toe by this afternoon. Luke Scott might pull a gun in a bowling alley. Bob Watson might be the only one around here who cares about the rules. (I think it's Sobchak from Los Angeles)	We've got these and whole bunch of others. John Kruk, Jeff Kent, and a vote for Nelson Figueroa as Donny. (Marc Normandin)
2008-05-30 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Jesus is back in jail. I need another bowling partner? Do you think Ozzie Guillen is available? (Liam from (Hollywood Lanes))	Not with the White Sox winning, he isn't! By the way, based on the queue, I think Jeff Kent is our winner as Walter. (Marc Normandin)
2008-05-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Brian Bannister said after being pounded in Texas last night (paraphrasing): I'm a fly ball pitcher who pitches to contact in with the wind blowing out, I'm the last pitching in baseball we wanted on the mound tonight. His intelligence is well-known by now, but isn't it still refreshing for a major leaguer, in one quote, to reference park factors and accurately assess his own abilities and shortcomings? (BL from Bozeman, MT)	That's a fantastic comment. It'll never catch on, but I love hearing baseball players talk about baseball, instead of interpersonal relations, or spouting cliches, or what have you. Maybe they don't all have much to say, but wouldn't you love to talk about hitting mechanics with Barry Bonds or Manny Ramirez, or pitch selection with Pedro Martinez, or footwork with Jeff Kent? There's a lot of baseball out there to be covered in the gaps between this controversy and the next one. We're working on it. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-03-26 12:00:00 (link to chat)	Just how good is Gordon Beckham? Top 10 pick good? (Adam from Michigan)	And we move on to the other best player in the nation so far. Honestly, the potential Golden Spikes debate we have between Beckham and Crow is the best we have had in a long time. Beckham is also drawing a ton of interest, as seen by the 6 or so questions in the queue about him. I think Beckham might be a 2B in the end, but he could be Jeff Kent-like at the position, and I think he's getting to the point where the top 10 is a real possibility. He won't slip past Oakland at 12, but won't the Reds at 7 be pretty interested? (Bryan Smith)
2008-01-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Considering the A's intention to go young and to create openings/opportunities for their prospects to develop, why would they want Bonds? Moreover, doesn't it seem counterproductive for a rebuilding team to bring in that kind of distraction and "me-first" attitude? (brain from long beach, ca)	I think that if the A's put all the pieces together and still have a hole at DH, Bonds fits. I think he'd be a distraction, but no one (besides Jeff Kent, who is a moron) has ever called him a bad teammate. Joe Sheehan and I talked last year about Bonds to the Rays on the chance that his plate discipline would rub off on Young or Dukes. The same could hold true for the A's, though I don't see the need quite as strong there. Moreover, if you have eight no-name kids and Bonds, that still sells some tickets, especially in a rebuilding year. (Will Carroll)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2008-10-13 17:00:00	NLCS Game Four	Why isn't Jeff Kent playing tonight? I know it's a small sample, but 5-for-6 off Blanton doesn't buy you a start? (Caleb Peiffer)

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