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Out There in the Fields
2003-05-29 09:10
In the NBA, you can sign free agents in the middle of the season to a 10-day contract. Baseball's signing rules are more entangling. So even though outfielders Brian Jordan, Mike Kinkade, Dave Roberts and Daryle Ward are all hurting, don't expect the Dodgers to add anyone from outside the organization. But for 10 days - maybe more, even - there's a guy out there who could probably help. A guy you may have heard of. Plays for a minor league independent team called the Newark Bears. Here's his statline: Henderson, Rickey: .349 BA, .468 OBP, .635 SLG, 1.103 OPS, .396 EQA. This fellow's stats, according to Baseball Prospectus, translate to a major-league EQA of .298. Alex Cora, by the way, has a .277 OBP and a .588 OPS in the leadoff slot this season. Another outfielder who has earned, if nothing else, a two-week reward in the big leagues is Las Vegas outfielder Bubba Crosby. A former first-round draft choice whose career to this point has been as distinguished as paste, Crosby has a major-league EQA of .323. In 180 plate appearances this season, Crosby is batting .401/.455/.710/1.165.
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