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At Age 25: Beltre vs. A-Rod
2004-08-24 21:59
Adrian Beltre, age 25, 2004: 1.027 OPS, .330 EQA Seattle's Safeco Field, in 2000, appears to have been even more of a pitcher's park than Dodger Stadium of the present. But the comparison astonishes. Rodriguez walked a career-high 100 times in the year MM en route to a .420 on-base percentage. Beltre's OBP is at .380 and rising, but he won't catch Rodriguez there. However, Beltre's current slugging percentage of .646 is significantly higher than Rodriguez's .606. Update: If the Dodger salary budget in 2005 were $100 million, how much would you give to Beltre for the first year of his next contract? Update 2: Let me rephrase that. How high would you be willing to go? Update 3: Rob McMillin at 6-4-2 takes the Beltre salary tangent further, which is good, since I only meant to compare Beltre to A-Rod for now before getting sidetracked.
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