QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 12:33 AM)
Think about just how little sense Jones makes:
He's under team control for FIVE more years after this season, yeah that's right, not a typo FIVE.
He's super cheap so the Pirates have little incentive to trade him unless they get overwhelmed, that 5 years of control adds to this value.
He's wildly inconsistent: since May 1st he's touched an .800 OPS 5 times but can't keep it up there over an extended period of time. In May his OPS range was nearly .100, in June it was .067. His power is also inconsistent, going weeks between HR, he's currently on a 20 game HR drought.
We definitely need more of a sure thing than Garrett Jones (the man with the .340 wOBA that looked like a career minor leaguer until last season) and I'm not sold at all on his cheap price tag.
You and your hate-o-rade post have become unbearable to read lately.