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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Not to beat a dead horse, but I was looking at the 100 Morgan. I really really wanted to see how that card would perform at the plate. But I wondered if his glove was just too terrible to allow him to play in the field and so I chickened out and didn't get him when I had the chance. I realize he's going to be bad in the field but on the whole is using him at 2B a plus or minus? FYI, this would be for a theme team so I don't expect the team to consistently (ever?) compete in Perfect against whales.
Also, has anyone tried him at DH? Seems like he'd do great there (of course, that opens up another can of worms, as he'd then be competing against all sorts of other hitters for that spot).
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When I first had him, most of my pitchers were flyball pitchers, and at the worst, he rarely made errors. He was putting up 5.5-6.5 WAR a year, and as somewhat of a traditionalist, I loved having a lead off man who would draw 100 walks, steal bases, and fill up a stat sheet. He gave me the performance I had expected from Rickey Henderson, but never got. My last season I put him at DH, and offensively it was his best year, he only hit against RHP, I think it was a .280/400/500 slash, 101 walks, and 80 odd K's. Despite that I still moved on. I don't know if it was the right call, but I had some bigger power that I wanted to save, and an even worse glove, so I needed a place to hide that glove.
For around 50k though, I think he gives a much bigger value if you can either hide hide his glove at DH, or if you are built around flyball pitchers. I really believed he was the engine that was making my offense go. There is no doubt it's flawed card, but for it's price, it offers one heck of a value.
Just my 2 cents though...