Key Stats: Jhonny Peralta has not been a consistent source of much of anything since he became a full-time player in 2005 with the Indians. He's had three seasons with 15 or less home runs and 4 seasons with more than 20 home runs. A pretty significant difference when evaluating a player's value. He's also had two seasons with an aveage over .290 (including last year) and three seasons where the average fell under .260. He's never stolen more than four bases in any season either. Yet we live in a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately society and Peralta is coming off a 2011 season in which he was 89th in the Yahoo player rater formula. And most of the peripherals weren't far away from the player he's been his whole career. The BABIP was a touch higher than we're used to seeing and the HR:FB% was actually a touch lower than his career rate (makes sense playing in Comerica). Chances are Peralta will come down a little from that 89th ranking, but he's 30 year...
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