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his value as a baseball player always seems to up for debate, mostly due to his constant trade demands and such. i for one have been extremely vocal in wishing he were traded for some quality ML'er and prospects. others think the red sox would be toast without him. regadless, here is an article by the famed MGL on what manny is 'worth'. this is a really good read regardless if whether or not you give a rats ass about manny.
MANNY
i pray to god the mets are 3 games back of philly at the deadline and they feel manny is the answer. fwiw, i love the guy and think he gets a bad rap for just being an oddball.
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This is especially telling:
Total Projected Linear Weights Per 150 Games
Bonds 73
Cabrera 26
Bay 19
C. Jones 18
Dunn 18
Manny 9
Salaries
Manny 19 mil
Bonds 18
C. Jones 11
Dunn 7.5
Bay .75
Cabrera .472
Yikes.