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2011 Orioles Retrospective: Vlad Guerrero

Found November 17, 2011 on Camden Crazies: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Brent Morel,  Felix Pie,  Deivi Cruz,  JJ Hardy,  Vladimir Guerrero
TEAMS: Chicago White Sox,  Baltimore Orioles

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To say I was not a fan of the Vlad Guerrero signing is probably an understatement. It was pretty bad at the time, and actually managed to turn out even worse than I had expected (but he had a track-record!): Projected Actual PA 550 590 BA .291 .290 OBP .336 .317 SLG .467 .416 wOBA .346 .318 BB% 5% 3% K% 12% 9% HR 22 13 BABIP .300 .302 Defense N/A N/A WAR 1.1 0.0 Vlad didn't draw a walk until May 3rd, which was awful but amazingly not even the longest streak to start the season (Chicago's Brent Morel went till the 29th - 117 PA to Guerrero's 115*). The lack of walks wasn't too surprising given his reputation, and Vlad did stay true to form by swinging at pitches out of the strike-zone more often than anyone in baseball (according to FanGraphs). The best part of it all (or worst, depending on perspective), is that for the first time in his career he actually had more double pl...
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