Orlando Cabrera: Useful, or Not So Much?
Rob McMillin at 6-4-2 takes a closer look at Angels shortstop Orlando Cabrera and discusses his value to the team. One interesting thing to note is the list of available decent shortstops (it’s a short list consisting of one Julio Lugo) in this past winter’s free-agent market:
So Julio Lugo, who is actually a much worse performer overall than Cabrera, both offensively and defensively, ended up with a 4-year/$36M deal with the Red Sox as the offseason’s only available top-tier free agent shortstop. Cabrera is actually cheaper and better. Much as I hated on the Cabrera deal at the time, it’s also true that he now looks positively cheap.
Cabrera is no stud, but he’d represent an upgrade for most teams right now. As for Lugo, talk about picking the right year to be a free agent…
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