PLAYING TIME: Fielder, Pena, Scutaro find new homes
Jan 26 2012
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Fielder lands in DET; whither Miguel Cabrera?
Responding to the offensive sinkhole created by the loss of Victor Martínez (DH, DET), the Tigers shocked observers by agreeing to a nine-year contract with Prince Fielder (1B, DET) this week. The bad news is that Fielder moves to a far less-friendly HR venue in Comerica Park, which deflates HR to LHBs by 11% as opposed to 16% inflation in MIL. Still, the overall hitter-friendliness of the AL and Fielder's numbers--he's averaged over 38 HR, 15% bb% and a 165 PX over the previous five seasons--make park effects almost immaterial. He may be hard-pressed to repeat his 46 HRs from '09, but Fielder looks like a near-lock for 30+ HR over the first few years of his contract,...
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