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| Martinez (L); Bay (R) |
Remember
Jason Bay? He was the guy the Red Sox got to "replace the offensive potential of
Manny Ramirez". Bay was
really good in his age 29 season for the Pirates and Red Sox (.286 BA, 31 HRs, 101 RBIs). He was
also good for
The Carmine Hose during his age 30 season in 2009 (.274 BA, 36 HRs, 119 RBIs).
Then, after signing as a free-agent with the Metropolitans, he went into a three-year funk (helped by some injuries). The bottom line is he never got back to his 2009 form for the remainder of his career. So, guess who
Baseball Reference lists as the most similar to Bay at age 29? None other than
J.D. Martinez. So, the nightmare scenario is that we get Martinez and he has
one good season before flaming out Bay-like. Of course, it might
not happen that way, but it's something to think about.
