JD Drew

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Over the weekend I happened across this Joe Posnanski blog entry on Theo
Epstein after Posnanski heard the Boston Red Sox GM on a local radio station
with Boston sports media personalities Tony Massarotti and Michael Felger.
You can listen to that interview here. The money excerpt takes place
beginning at the 15:55 mark or so, when Theo asks Mazz and Felgy, who typify
the mindset of the average Red Sox fan in so many ways, why they haven't
asked him about J.D. Drew.

As Red Sox fans will probably remember, Drew has been treated unfairly in
Boston since before his signing was even announced in the off-season prior to
the 2007 season. Bob Ryan famously remarked on a media conference call, “On
behalf of an eager constituency, let’s hope the rumor is not true" in
reference to the possibility that the Red Sox would sign Drew. It wasn't
limited to the mainstream, either. Our friend Chad Finn was very much against
the deal, and you can see here in this Baseball Think Factory thread, Sox fan
Jim Furtado says "this will not end well for Drew or the Red Sox".

Now, we are three years in. And let's just list out his record:

# Drew started slowly in 2007 but finished strong, hitting .342/.454/.618 to
close out the year from September 1st through the end of the regular season.
In Game 7 of the 2007 ALCS, the first Game 7 at Fenway Park since the Red Sox
defeated the California Angels in the 1986 ALCS, Drew easily led the team in
Win Probability Added, thanks to his 1st inning grand slam to center field
off of Fausto Carmona.

# Since 2008, Drew's OPS+ of 132 is second best among all AL outfielders with
at least 900 plate appearances.

# According to UZR/150, Drew was the second best defensive right fielder in
all of baseball in 2009.

# Over the life of his Red Sox contract, he has been the third best defensive
right fielder in baseball.

# As a Red Sox, Fangraphs has him as worth a total of $44.5 million. The Red
Sox have paid him $42 million. In his worst season with Boston, they won a
World Series. In all three of his seasons in Boston, they have qualified for
post-season play.

Not that any of this will silence Drew's critics but seriously, by what
measure was the Drew signing anything but a great one?

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推 maxspeed150:Drew對紅襪的價值一直都很被低估 別忘了即使是2007那
→ maxspeed150:種低潮年 他的上壘率比同年FA且打出career high的黑肥
→ maxspeed150:還高
推 Belladonaa:今年算是帶傷又打得好 如果像去年的出賽數
→ Belladonaa:對球隊也很傷
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推 dapei842110:㊣Drew本命㊣