Free Agent Outfielder Analysis for the 2005 San Francisco Giants

Some numbers

Name Pos Age* Avg OBP Slg OPS
Career Year**
Avg OBP Slg OPS Runs Created***
Beltran Cf 28 .267 .365 .548 .913
2004
 .267 .365 .548 .913 119.620
Ordonez

Rf

 31 .292 .351 .485 .836
2002
 .320 .381 .591 .972 132.480
Drew Rf 29 .305 .436 .569 1.005
2004
 .305 .436 .569 1.005 128.020
Hidalgo Rf 29 .239 .301 .444 .745
2000
 .314 .391 .614 1.005 133.559
Finley Cf 40 .271 .333 .490 .823
2000
 .280 .361 .544 .905 104.781
Dye Rf 31 .265 .329 .464 .793
2000
 .321 .390 .561 .951 131.782
Alou Lf 38 .293 .361 .557 .918
1998
 .312 .399 .582 .981 135.389

Burnitz-

 Rf 36 .244 .327 .448 .775
1997
 .281 .382 .553 .935 102.675

- Only his away stats, to neutralize Coors effect

 

Contract info

Name Age* 2004 salary best guess salary for 2005 # of years Boras Injuries
Beltran 28 9M 15M+ up to 10 yup missed some games in 02 and 00
Ordonez 31

14M

 8-12M+ 3 to 5 yup "recovered" from injury in 04, risky
Drew 29 4.2M 8-12M+ 5 or so yup notorius, but had break out year in 04
Hidalgo 29 12.5M 4-7M 4   missed 50 games in 02
Finley 40 7M 6-8M 2, maybe 3   not lately, but he's old
Dye 31 11M 6-8M 3 to 5   ad nauseum
Alou 38 9.5M 6-8M 2   missed all of 99, pretty old as well

Burnitz

 36 1.25M <4M 2   early in his career

All salary figures in millions. Figures taken from USA Today salary database.


The pros and cons of each player.
the following stats are at Pac Bell. Split stats may not be relevant because good hitters with little success
(Helton comes to mind with his .268 .383 .444) will adjust, but they sure are fun to look at.

Beltran
#1 player in the market, 5 tool, fairest of them all, nuff said. Possible to get if we backload. Beware of Boras.

Ordonez
coming off injury, Boras isn't releasing medical reports, could be suspicious. But he'd have to pass any physicals
before signing. He has been the model of consistency

Drew
turnaround year in Atlanta, native of Georgia. From what I've read, he will want to stay local. I don't trust, Risky. Nice numbers at Pac Bell though.
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Avg OBP Slg OPS
11 36 8 12 3 0 3 11 3 11 .333 .385 .667 1.051

Hidalgo
cannon of an arm, led league in assits in 03, could find a home with our other Venezulean players and return to
BIG numbers, or is he done with? Mets don't want him, that's for sure, and if the Mets don't want him who else would?
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Avg OBP Slg OPS
12 41 3 11 5 0 1 4 4 9 .268 .319 .463 .783

Finley
old, in shape, but old, D is overrated, numbers are decent but for how long, he's 40

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Avg OBP Slg OPS
40 147 16 37 4 1 0 11 20 22 .252 .339 .293 .632

Dye
injury prone, from Vacaville, strong arm, might be scary to sign for long term deal, best at 1 year plus performance
incentives he could be worth it.

Alou
coaches kid that can produce. His D is very scary, especially considerning him in RF at Pac Bell. Pretty old as well.

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Avg OBP Slg OPS
15 56 7 18 2 0 4 16 9 7 .321 .406 .571 .977

Burnitz
can get on the cheap, but is he really any better than what we have. I really don't think so.

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Avg OBP Slg OPS
22

78

 10 22 5 1 2 14 11 14 .282 .371 .449 .820

 

 

*Players ages are starting from spring training. Some players birthdays are during the season.
**Somewhat subjective. First I looked at only seasons with 150+ games played. Then I used the highest OPS to determine their best year.
***Runs created (H+BB)(TB)/(AB+BB)