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Fontenot & Baker > DeRosa

Found September 07, 2009 on Another Cubs Blog:
PLAYERS: Mark DeRosa,  Mike Fontenot,  Jeff Baker,  Milton Bradley
TEAMS: St. Louis Cardinals,  Chicago Cubs

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Mark DeRosa WAR: 1.7 (493 PA) Mike Fontenot WAR (vs RHP): 0.5 (322 PA) Jeff Baker WAR with Cubs: 1.3 WAR (129 PA) In fewer PA, the Baker and Fontenot have been better than DeRosa if Fontenot only faced righties this year, which he should only be doing. In other words, a straight platoon of Fontenot and Baker with Baker playing some 3rd, 1st, LF and RF the Cubs have been more valuable with those 2 than with DeRosa. Milton Bradley WAR: 1.7 (444 PA) There you have it. Can we please stop complaining about DeRosa not being on this team now? The Cubs have not missed him. Whatever production DeRosa would have provided playing 3rd when Ramirez was out has been made up for in the short amount time Baker has been a Cub. Milton Bradley has been better than DeRosa and Fontenot/Baker have been too. It’s time Cubs fans deal with it. Mark DeRosa would only have made this team the same as it is, if not ever so slightly worse than it is right now.
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