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Your spring-training home-run leader? From the Freep:
Jake Fox hit two more home runs Thursday and says he wants to be in the Baltimore Orioles' everyday lineup.
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Fox has eight home runs, most in the majors this spring. He has homered four times in his past three starts.
You might recall that Fox once batted .409 in Triple-A. Granted, that was just 45 games (in 2009), but a batting average that starts with a 4 tends to catch your eye. Fox has some power, but he also has a .285 on-base percentage in 467 major-league plate appearances. He's probably better than that, and should enjoy a nice little career as a bench player, perhaps starting right now.
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Jake Fox did this with the Cubs in spring training all the time.
In 2007 he hit .462 in the spring with a pair of homers.
In 2009 he hit .364 in the spring with four HR and 16 RBI in 55 AB.
He’s got no position — he’s a butcher in the field — and he’ll be 29 in July. If the Orioles give him a job, even a bench job, they will be sorely disappointed.
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by Al Yellon on Mar 20, 2011 1:28 PM EDT reply actions
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