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04-12-2008, 09:52 AM
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Andruw Jones Sees Stock Drops
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MLB: Big acquisition bats No. 7 in lineup against Padres.
Certainly the Dodgers have not been following the motto of the stock market when it comes to new center fielder Andruw Jones. The idea in investing is to buy low and sell high. With Jones it has been the other way around as the Dodgers bought high this offseason to the tune of two years and $36.2million. The low came Friday night when Jones was dropped in the batting order.
For the first time this season, Jones found himself batting seventh after previously batting fourth (once), fifth (three times) and sixth (four times). His .129 batting average was one of the main reasons, although his lack of a home run and just one RBI heading into Friday's game certainly didn't deserve a spot any higher in the order.
"I'm batting Andruw seventh just to get him out of that responsibility spot," manager Joe Torre said. "Although I have found that when I have done that in the past, the player usually finds a way to hit with the bases loaded anyway."
It's still early, so bringing some levity to the situation isn't a problem. But if that .129 finds a way to hang around until June or July, it might be a little harder to draw laughs.
So Jones searches for answers. He went into Friday's game with nine strikeouts compared to two walks, and had grounded into two double plays. In his first at-bat Friday, Jones struck out against the Padres' Jake Peavy.
"You want to come out and show why you're (here)," Jones said. "I've played the game for a while. You just want to get off to a good start especially with a good team.
"I just have to calm down and hopefully get a good (rhythm) going."
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Dodgers' Jones sees stock drop - LA Daily News
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04-12-2008, 10:30 AM
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Most other Dodgers fans saw this as being likely - maybe I was too optimistic, and maybe I still am... but I refuse to believe that he won't rebound to respectability, at the very least.
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04-12-2008, 01:38 PM
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You see how the media can't wait to pounce after abot 2 weeks of baseball? I think it's still too early to be concerned, for example Ortiz is playing like crap, and is in a nasty slump and people are giving him the benefit of the doubt.
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04-12-2008, 03:38 PM
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I'm not sure if it's too early to be concerned. I think it's too early to declare a player dead-and-buried, but, as a Dodgers fan, I'm concerned about Andruw Jones' lack of production - particularly since it means more playing time for Juan Pierre.
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04-12-2008, 06:58 PM
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^ Oh yeah Dodger, you can't stand Pierre, so you right! Let's go Jones wake up! LOL
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04-15-2008, 10:39 PM
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This isn't much of a surprise. He'll end up hitting .230 for the year and being a disappointment. Great call for $18 mil/yr!
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04-16-2008, 05:11 PM
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The $36 million owed to Andruw Jones was worth the risk, in my opinion. Last season should be chalked up as a down season, as it was far below any of his prior seasons - moreover, he is still fairly young, being only 30 years of age.
I feel that Jones could easily produce a season of .250/.340/.450, which would make him a fine investment, considering the alternative of Juan Pierre in CF. Plus, he's been playing solid defense thus far, giving the Dodgers a tremendous all-around defensive outfield. While that may not necessarily be worth $18 million a year, it is, in my mind, safer than giving Torii Hunter the six-plus years he had been asking for.
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