It’s what the Brewers internet literati (interati) say every time the Brewers make a move that hits with the consensus. He made some known savvy moves, as well as some stealth savvy moves. He has built a baseball team of pretty solid calibre.
And Mike Cameron only helps matters. I know. I called him a user, a loser, and an abuser. It’s still going to be on Page 1 when I post this. But the total risk for Mike Cameron is likely going to be about 6.3 million dollars. (He’s at about 4.22 in base, 1.25 in a signing bonus, and a 750k buyout in ‘09 which will likely be taken.)
Mike Cameron is a great defender. He’s a career .251 hitter, with good isolated numbers in both OBP and SLG. And he’s been playing in pitchers parks. Considering the going market on good defenders with solid power and mediocre at best OBP is 8 figures and multiple years?
Despite all the flaws, and despite the month in flux, this actually looks like it will be a good move.
I totally agree, I’ve liked Mike Cameron since he was a Mariner. The low career BA is a downer, but if this means not seeing Ryan Braun boot balls at 3rd I’m all for it. I only wish that Melvin wouldn’t have paid so much to Eric Gagne and Jason Kendall. The only downside here is that Mike will be missing the first 25 games, so we’ll be seeing Cameron debut in May or June?
Comment by evenchunkiermonkey — January 11, 2008 @ 10:36 pm |
We’ll see him in early May.
It will either be Gwynn or Gross in Center at the outset.
Comment by Andrew — January 11, 2008 @ 11:06 pm |