The DBacks and Willie Bloomquist agreed to a 2-year $3.8 million deal today.
Pretty meh deal.
Bloomquist has produced 1.3 WAR in 845 career games. That's about .3 WAR per a full season (prorated for 600 PAs).
He's got no bat, career .317 OBP and .337 SLG (almost exactly the same last year) which is 21% below the league average offensively.
His glove isn't much either. -20 career runs by UZR and a 45 out of 100 on Tom Tango's Fan Scouting Report.
He's considered a utility player and played 2B, SS and the OF for the DBacks last year. However, his OF defense is -13 runs per 150 games according to UZR. His play in the infield is about average (1.2 and -0.9 at 2B and SS respectively). If the DBacks left him as a backup IFer he might be worth half a win over a season.
Hard to imagine the DBacks don't have someone in the minors who could provide half of a win at a quarter of the cost.
Pretty meh deal.
Bloomquist has produced 1.3 WAR in 845 career games. That's about .3 WAR per a full season (prorated for 600 PAs).
He's got no bat, career .317 OBP and .337 SLG (almost exactly the same last year) which is 21% below the league average offensively.
His glove isn't much either. -20 career runs by UZR and a 45 out of 100 on Tom Tango's Fan Scouting Report.
He's considered a utility player and played 2B, SS and the OF for the DBacks last year. However, his OF defense is -13 runs per 150 games according to UZR. His play in the infield is about average (1.2 and -0.9 at 2B and SS respectively). If the DBacks left him as a backup IFer he might be worth half a win over a season.
Hard to imagine the DBacks don't have someone in the minors who could provide half of a win at a quarter of the cost.
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