Look at Chef's on base % of .326 vs. Granderson's .329. That's not so bad. He's getting walked on about 20% of hit trips to the plate.

It also shows in his runs scored of 12 (highly correlated to OBP). He's tied for 36th in the league along side Barry Bonds. Mags and Granderson are the only 2 Tigers ahead of him.


Also, our top 3 starting pitchers have been great.
Robertson- 2.05 ERA
Verlander- 2.08
Bonderman- 2.25

Then there is a drop off...
Moroth- 5.05

If the Gambler was in there, we'd probably have 4 starting P's with ERA's < 3!

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"I’ll just say this: We’re not talking to teams about their second- or third-best players." Joe Dumars talking about his plan to get other teams' 4th best players.