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alex cole

May 17, 2008 Nov 22, 2008 1 1

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Dsc00432_tiny by alex cole on Comment 8 comments

I have been reading through the list of possible corner outfielders that the Indians could possibly trade Sowers and some prospect for.

My question is why trade for a guy like Giles and not try to just sign Kenny Lofton again.

Here is his 2007 and career line:

SPLITS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
Season 136 490 86 145 25 6 7 38 56 51 23 7 .296 .367 .414 .781
Career 2103 8120 1528 2428 383 116 130 781 945 1016 622 160 .299 .372 .423 .794

Here is Giles

SPLITS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
Season 40 156 16 45 12 1 3 18 26 19 1 2 .288 .386 .436 .822
Career 1678 5894 1037 1724 371 51 276 1008 1096 771 107 45 .293 .404 .513 .917

They are really not that different so why give up a player,

If the goal is to get more of a power hitter....there is Barry Bonds still available. I do not like the idea of trading any of the Indians pitching depth right now when it is very likely that CC will not be an Indian next year and the Indians will probably need all the pitching that they have.

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