Carlos Beltran

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From all of the buzz about this guy, I just assumed he had better stats than what I just read.

Last year: .267 BA, 38 HR & 104 RBI
Career BA: .284

Pretty good numbers but then I read he has a 6 year, $84 million offer on the table from the Astros but is looking for 7 years and $105 million from the Yankees. Man that's a lot of dough.

I guess the market correction is over.

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I wish I could get crockpot over to this thread because he ran numbers on it last year, but a typical MLB regular gets 30% hits of balls put into play. Guys like Ichiro and Manny have 33-34% consistently. Beltran initially in Houston last yearwas at 20%. Crock's analysis with a normal H% was something like a .315 BA with a ridiculous amount of count stats.