Former MLB stars facing unwanted retirement

We’re only days away from the official start to spring training and while pitchers and catchers get ready to report, there are a few former stars still looking for work. The last I heard of Vladimir Guerrero, he was holding out for a $5 million dollar contract. At this point, he might want to start considering all offers. Vlad the Impaler has become more like Vlad the flailer in recent years, continuing to swing at pitches well outside the strike-zone with alarming frequency, while taking very few walks. At least in the past Vlad would draw a healthy amount of base on balls, but his walk rate hasn’t risen above 5.5 percent since 2008. Last season he took only 17 unintentional walks, his lowest total in any season in which he played in at least 145 games. However, more alarming that anything else was his drop in power. He finished 2011 with a .416 SLG, the lowest of his career. The way he hobbles around the playing field, a symptom of having one leg that is slightly lo...