Comments on: Undervalued Wax – Nelson Cruz

By: Carl Crawford Cards

Carl Crawford Cards — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:17:37 +0000

Great post. It’s fascinating how the people who stand the most to gain from objectively evaluating talent (MLB teams) will sometimes pay more attention to sports writers, ESPN, and fair-weather fans than statistics.

For example, there are TONS of young, cheap replacement-level players in AAA who could potentially pan out into something better but teams would rather sign up guys well-past their prime or flash-in-the-pan free agents that make for better press. For example, Nomar and Andruw Jones in LA, or Zito in San Fran. If you follow the stats you could see how those were going to turn out.

Meanwhile guys like Carlos Pena and Nelson Cruz bounce around waiting for a legit shot in the majors. Incredible.

By: chemgod

chemgod — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:39:27 +0000

He is still relatively cheap but before this season you could have had him for under a buck for an auto card.

By: deal

deal — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:27:15 +0000

Is Ben Zobrist still under the radar?? during the off-season I bet he was a cheap auto? not so sure anymore.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:44:39 +0000

I too am glad the Rangers are “Cruz”ing along. I hope he can help them stay in first place now that they are on their way to Seattle. Thanks for the post!