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Tuesday, January 18, 2005 |
Halting The Revolving Door: DePo Re-Signs Izturis
dodgers.com reports Cesar Izturis has been signed, for 3 years and $9.9M. A good deal for the Dodgers, and good for the club's future. For years, prior to Izturis' arrival on the scene as a full-time starter, the Dodgers had no idea what to do at shortstop. Consider:
Year Player AB Avg/OBP/SLG VORP Rate2 ====================================================== 2002 Cora 258 .291/.371/.434 24.7 95 2002 Izturis 439 .232/.253/.303 -12.5 93 2001 Cora 405 .217/.285/.306 -4.8 91 2001 J Reboulet 214 .266/.367/.397 14.3 56 2000 Cora 353 .238/.302/.357 5.6 94 2000 K Elster 220 .227/.341/.455 15.6 82 2000 J Vizcaino 93 .204/.283/.247 -3.9 93 1999 Grudzielanek 193 .326/.375/.436 42.7 93 1999 Vizcaino 94 .252/.295/.297 -3.6 92 1998 Grudzielanek 193 .264/.282/.326 4.2 111 1998 J Vizcaino 237 .262/.300/.338 4.7 103 1998 J Castro 220 .195/.236/.255 -12.4 105So going back a little ways, you see that the Dodgers tried -- and failed -- a number of platoons, none of which were really successful:
- In 1998, the Grudz-Vizcaino-Castro trio were all decent defensively, but Castro in particular was horrible with the glove.
- In 1999, Grudz had an outstanding offensive year, but neither he nor Vizcaino were especially good fielding.
- In 2000, Alex Cora got his first real taste of near-full-time starting. While not so much with the bat, he was -- barely -- the club's best shortstop.
- In 2001, Jeff Reboulet was simply atrocious with the glove, and only a win and a half above replacement, while Cora slumped badly offensively.
- In 2002, Cora had a career year (his 2004, best remembered for the incredible 18-pitch at bat, was only a 19.4 VORP by comparison), but preference was given to new shortstop Cesar Izturis.
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