Some mediocre players come up big against the Yankees because their whole career has come down to this. I’m hoping these acquisitions are just a coincidence lest we sign Eddie Perez to a 4yr 40 mil. contract this offseason.

As to keeping Womack, to compare the two, here are their respective #’s. I am including a lot of stats to make my point:
Bellhorn:
AB R H 2B HR RBI BB K SB AVG OBP OPS
283 41 61 20 7 28 49 109 3 .216 .328 .688
Womack:
AB R H 2B HR RBI BB K SB AVG OBP OPS
324 46 79 8 0 15 12 49 26 .244 .271 .546

Womack tops Bellohrn in ABs, runs, hits, k’s, and SB. Bellhorn has 12 more doubles, 7 more HR’s (which, considering Womack has 0, is literally an infinite percentage improvement), 12 more RBI, a 50 point higher OBP and a 140 point higher OBP.

What is interesting, is that although Womack has so many more SB’s, the run differential is almost negligable (5 runs). I suppose that is the difference between hitting a double or HR, and hitting a single and trying to steal second.

So, considering the #’s, I would say that I would much rather have a guy that has the potential to hit for some power or take a walk vs. a guy who may get you a hit or two more and steal a few bases, but mostly just makes contact and gets out.

Having a “speedy guy of the bench” is overrated, most anyone fast can fill that role. The chances are far greater that you will need a double, a walk, or a HR in a game than someone to steal second for you.

I am not saying I want him as my starting 2B, but as a guy of the bench, hes an upgrade…

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Hey, I’d take Damon any day though he’d look quite different with a crewcut! As far as Bellhorn, I always loved seeing him come to the plate because another strikeout was almost inevitable (the Womack-type feeling), but I don’t think I’ll enjoy it too much anymore! Of course, he would be the greatest if he does hit that clutch home run in the final game to take the East Division, as Mike Plugh suggests!

15 wins, 3 losses when Jason goes deep
59 wins, 53 losses when Jason gets no HRs

And, FWIW:
6 wins, 1 loss when Jason hits 2 bombs

I don’t think there’s any statistical correlation there, but those numbers sure look nice.

And:

Giambi as 1B: 50G, 154 AB, 1.218 OPS
Giambi as DH: 54G, 167 AB, .798 OPS

Thank you Matt Lawton!

It is!

“I always liked Bellhorn, and he was terribly under-appreciated here. That fans chose to kick and scream and throw bitch-fits over the strikeouts while Bellhorn was a well above average 2nd Baseman was always a black mark on the “smartest fans in baseball” rep that sometimes Sox fans merit and quite often other times, they don’t. Explaining to a Bellhorn dissenter that he was a better player than Alfonso Soriano in 2004 is always a good time. Speaking of 2004, he was absolutely integral – essential even – to last season’s championship effort and Bellhorn fans will always have the three-run, opposite field home run in Game 6, the pole rattling nail in the coffin in Game 7, a second pole rattler to win Game 1 and the double off of Matt Morris in the 1st inning of Game 2. Mark Bellhorn is a guy that goes about his business in a stout, resolute manner and Sox fans worth a salt in my book ought to appreciate what he accomplished for the Red Sox and lament that the Yankees have acquired him.”

Don’t underestimate the role of a speedy bench player. No Roberts for the Sox last year and Bellhorn never gets a chance to finally get a meaningfull hit in game 6. He was invisible up to that point and his HR in gm 7 was meaningless.

Don’t get me wrong, I hope the guy performs but I’ll be skeptical til then.

http://www.stlukes-oviedo.org/school/markbellhorn.html

http://www.markbellhorn.net/