In Defense of Carlos Lee?

“I come here to praise Caesar, not to bury him.” — Marc Antony from Julius Caesar I know this sounds like a losing proposition, but I thought I would give it a shot. People in Houston love bashing this guy. People around the country love bashing this guy. He is a symbol of how the 100 million dollar contract can go awry. He’s fat, he doesn’t care, and his team has gone down the crapper. Wait, this doesn’t sound like much of a defense does it? The time before One of the things you have to do when evaluating whether a player has been worth the money is determine what the player was before he came to your town. He spent time in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Texas before coming to Houston. So, we need to look at his numbers before he came to Houston to look at what the Houston Astros were signing. Chicago PA: 3646 AVG/OBP/SLG: .288/.340/.488 HR/Runs/RBI: 152/533/552 Milwaukee/Texas PA: 1383 AVG/OBP/SLG: .281/339/514 HR/Runs/RBI: 69/...