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Hank Blalock 3BRangers

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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
9	3928	.269	.329	.463	.264	6.8

Birth Date	11-21-1980
Height	6' 1"
Weight	200 lbs

Bats	L
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
2002	TEX	21	49	172	147	16	31	8	0	3	48	20	43	1	2	2	17	0	0	.211	.306	.327	.224	-4.1	-3.4	-0.8
2003	TEX	22	143	615	567	89	170	33	3	29	296	44	97	1	3	0	90	2	3	.300	.350	.522	.280	26.6	-6.4	2.0
2004	TEX	23	159	713	624	107	172	38	3	32	312	75	149	6	8	0	110	2	2	.276	.355	.500	.284	41.2	-8.6	3.2
2005	TEX	24	161	705	647	80	170	34	0	25	279	51	132	3	4	0	92	1	0	.263	.318	.431	.255	15.3	-8.8	0.7
2006	TEX	25	152	646	591	76	157	26	3	16	237	51	98	2	2	0	89	1	0	.266	.325	.401	.245	3.5	-5.5	-0.2
2007	TEX	26	58	232	208	32	61	16	3	10	113	21	38	1	2	0	33	4	1	.293	.358	.543	.293	13.3	-0.0	1.3
2008	TEX	27	65	281	258	37	74	19	1	12	131	19	40	2	2	0	38	1	0	.287	.338	.508	.271	7.7	-0.5	0.7
2009	TEX	28	123	495	462	62	108	21	4	25	212	26	108	3	4	0	66	2	0	.234	.277	.459	.256	0.2	-1.0	-0.1
2010	TBA	29	26	69	63	8	16	3	0	1	22	6	15	0	0	0	7	1	1	.254	.319	.349	.240	-0.4	-0.1	-0.0
Career			936	3928	3567	507	959	198	17	153	1650	313	720	19	27	2	542	14	7	.269	.329	.463	.264	103.2	-34.3	6.8

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1999	SAV	A	0	27	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.238			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	SAV	A	0	579	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.318			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	PCH	A+	63	268	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.417			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	TUL	AA	68	315	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.350			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	TEX	MLB	49	172	.224	.257	.317	.408	.000	.272	107	-6.7	4.6	0.7	-3.4	-0.7	-4.1	-0.8	-4.1	-0.8
2002	OKL	AAA	95	425	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.348			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	TEX	MLB	143	615	.280	.258	.319	.411	.000	.318	108	13.7	16.7	2.4	-6.4	-4.1	26.6	2.0	26.6	2.0
2004	TEX	MLB	159	713	.284	.266	.329	.429	.000	.310	103	18.5	19.5	2.9	-8.6	0.2	41.2	3.2	41.2	3.2
2005	TEX	MLB	161	705	.255	.264	.323	.413	.000	.294	106	-3.7	18.7	2.6	-8.8	-1.0	15.3	0.7	15.3	0.7
2006	TEX	MLB	152	646	.245	.270	.328	.427	.000	.294	102	-10.9	17.8	-0.3	-5.5	-0.6	3.5	-0.2	3.5	-0.2
2007	TEX	MLB	58	232	.293	.269	.325	.417	.000	.315	101	8.4	6.7	-0.7	-0.0	0.1	13.3	1.3	13.3	1.3
2008	TEX	MLB	65	281	.271	.265	.327	.412	.000	.298	106	3.3	8.0	-2.2	-0.5	-2.4	7.7	0.7	7.7	0.7
2008	FRI	AA	6	23	.368	.267	.331	.405	.000	.571	95	2.8	0.6	-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	OKL	AAA	2	6	.319	.302	.323	.495	.000	.500	102	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	TEX	MLB	123	495	.256	.257	.318	.411	.000	.249	101	-2.1	14.3	-8.9	-1.0	-1.7	0.2	-0.1	0.2	-0.1
2010	TBA	MLB	26	69	.240	.260	.322	.401	.000	.319	97	-1.4	2.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0
2010	DUR	AAA	26	121	.315	.265	.331	.418	.000	.395	104	7.5	3.4	0.3	-0.9	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		3928	.264	.264	.324	.417	.258	.296	104	19.1	106.6	-4.4	-34.3	-10.1	103.2	6.8	103.2	6.8

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1999	SAV	A	27	3	6	1	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	.240	.296	.400	.160	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	SAV	A	579	66	153	32	2	10	77	62	53	31	8	.299	.380	.428	.129	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	PCH	A+	268	46	90	19	1	7	47	26	31	7	4	.380	.443	.557	.177	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	TUL	AA	315	50	89	18	4	11	61	39	38	3	3	.327	.415	.544	.217	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	TEX	MLB	172	16	31	8	0	3	17	20	43	0	0	.211	.306	.327	.116	.224	-4.1	-3.4	-0.8
2002	OKL	AAA	425	63	119	32	1	8	62	34	61	2	1	.307	.364	.457	.150	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	TEX	MLB	615	89	170	33	3	29	90	44	97	2	3	.300	.350	.522	.222	.280	26.6	-6.4	2.0
2004	TEX	MLB	713	107	172	38	3	32	110	75	149	2	2	.276	.355	.500	.224	.284	41.2	-8.6	3.2
2005	TEX	MLB	705	80	170	34	0	25	92	51	132	1	0	.263	.318	.431	.168	.255	15.3	-8.8	0.7
2006	TEX	MLB	646	76	157	26	3	16	89	51	98	1	0	.266	.325	.401	.135	.245	3.5	-5.5	-0.2
2007	TEX	MLB	232	32	61	16	3	10	33	21	38	4	1	.293	.358	.543	.250	.293	13.3	-0.0	1.3
2008	TEX	MLB	281	37	74	19	1	12	38	19	40	1	0	.287	.338	.508	.221	.271	7.7	-0.5	0.7
2008	FRI	AA	23	5	8	3	0	0	4	4	5	1	0	.421	.522	.579	.158	.368	0.0	-0.4	0.0
2008	OKL	AAA	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.400	.500	.400	.000	.319	0.0	-0.0	0.0
2009	TEX	MLB	495	62	108	21	4	25	66	26	108	2	0	.234	.277	.459	.225	.256	0.2	-1.0	-0.1
2010	TBA	MLB	69	8	16	3	0	1	7	6	15	1	1	.254	.319	.349	.095	.240	-0.4	-0.1	-0.0
2010	DUR	AAA	121	18	38	5	0	4	24	10	19	2	0	.349	.408	.505	.156	.315	0.0	-0.9	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date
2009-10-01	2009-10-05	DTD	4	4		Head	Concussion		-
2009-04-13	2009-04-14	DTD	1	1		Neck	Tightness		-
2009-03-20	2009-03-21	Camp	1	0		Face	Laceration	Diving for Play	-
2009-03-16	2009-03-19	Camp	3	0	Left	Thigh	Tightness		-
2008-07-28	2008-08-22	15-DL	25	23	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation		-
2008-05-23	2008-05-23	On-Alr	0	0	Right	Wrist	Surgery	Carpal Tunnel	2008-05-30
2008-04-26	2008-07-18	60-DL	83	72	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2008-04-17	2008-04-19	DTD	2	2		Low Back	Soreness		-
2008-04-01	2008-04-01	DTD	0	0		General Medical	Respiratory	Flu	-
2007-05-17	2007-09-01	60-DL	107	94	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Thoracic Outlet Syndrome	2007-05-19
2007-03-25	2007-03-27	Camp	2	0	Right	Ankle	Sprain		-
2006-10-02	2006-10-02	Off	0	0	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Fraying Ligaments	2006-10-02
2006-09-13	2006-09-13	DTD	0	0	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2009	TEX	$6,200,000
2008	TEX	$5,950,000
2007	TEX	$4,750,000
2006	TEX	$3,000,000
2005	TEX	$800,000
2004	TEX	$500,000
2003	TEX	$302,500
2002	TEX	$200,000

Years	Description	Salary
8 yr	Previous	$21,702,500
8 yr	Total	$21,702,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
7 y 64 d	Scott Boras (prev Eric Goldschmidt)	1 yr/$0.925M (10)

Details

contract purchased 5/15/10 signed as a free agent from TX 3/8/10 (minor-league contract, $0.925M major league)
$0.35M performance bonus
TX exercised $6.2M 09 club option 11/7/08
$50K All Star award bonus
re-signed 2/04 (avoided arbitration), 5 year/$15.25M (04-08)+09 club option
04:$0.5M, 05:$0.8M
06:$3M, 07:$4.75M, 08:$5.95M, 09:$6.2M club option $0.25M buyout
1 year/$0.3025M (03) 2/03
recalled 9/02 optioned to Triple-A 5/02
$0.288M signing bonus `99 3-105

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Title	Author	Date
Pebble Hunting: The End of First Basemen?	Sam Miller	2013-03-11
Transaction Analysis: Snakes Get Legs	R.J. Anderson	2013-02-20
Western Front: San Diego High School Baseball at the Turn of the Millennium	Geoff Young	2013-02-19
The BP Wayback Machine: 2003 PECOTA Preview: The American League	Nate Silver	2013-02-08
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Wezen-Ball: "Baseball for Dummies", by Joe Morgan	Larry Granillo	2012-03-12
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Transaction Analysis: May 12-15, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2011-11-06
Collateral Damage: TOS Possibly Phil Hughes' Problem	Corey Dawkins	2011-04-27
Divide and Conquer, NL Central: Wait Till This Year?	Larry Granillo	2011-03-04
Prospectus Preview: NL West 2011 Preseason Preview	Christina Kahrl	2011-02-21
Prospectus Perspective: Signing Adrian Beltre	Christina Kahrl	2011-01-07
Checking the Numbers: Minor-league Contract Candidates: Batters	Eric Seidman	2010-11-03
Player Profile: Colby Lewis	Marc Normandin	2010-10-30
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Tampa Bay Rays	ESPN Insider	2010-10-21
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Tampa Bay Rays	Kevin Goldstein	2010-10-21
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Tampa Bay Rays	Marc Normandin	2010-10-21
Ahead in the Count: The Clutch and The Shifted	Matt Swartz	2010-08-27
Transaction Action: Junior Circuit Jumble	Christina Kahrl	2010-07-16
Mid-season Prescriptions: AL East	Jay Jaffe	2010-07-15
Transaction Action: Drama Division Drama	Christina Kahrl	2010-07-05
Prospectus Hit List: Keep It Together	Jay Jaffe	2010-07-02
Transaction Action: Disorderly Conduct	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-30
Transaction Action: Waterloo's 195th Anniversary Edition	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-18
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BP Unfiltered: The Paper Trail of May 18	John Perrotto	2010-05-18
Fantasy Beat: Fantasy Today	Clay Davenport	2010-05-18
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spots: First Base, Third Base, and Designated Hitter	Michael Street	2010-05-17
Between The Numbers: Least Net Valuable Player	Matt Swartz	2010-05-16
Prospectus Hit List: Turning the Page	Jay Jaffe	2010-05-14
On the Beat: The Strasburg Debut	John Perrotto	2010-04-12
Transaction Action: AL Roster Cleanup	Christina Kahrl	2010-04-06
Prospectus Q&A: Buck Showalter	David Laurila	2010-04-04
Transaction Action: Tough Cuts	Christina Kahrl	2010-03-26
Fantasy Focus: Depth Chart/PFM Update, Part 2	Clay Davenport	2010-03-21
The Week In Quotes: March 8-14	Alex Carnevale	2010-03-15
Transaction Analysis: Import/Export	Christina Kahrl	2010-03-12
Transaction Analysis: The Unsigned	Christina Kahrl	2010-03-11
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spots: Outfield	Rob McQuown	2010-03-10
Transaction Action: Hammering Hank	Christina Kahrl	2010-03-09
On the Beat: Weekend Update	John Perrotto	2010-03-07
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Team Health Reports: Texas Rangers	Michael R. Lewis	2010-02-19
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Transaction Action: The Fox and the Walking Man	Christina Kahrl	2009-12-04
So You Need: Power	Marc Normandin	2009-11-29
On the Beat: Thanksgiving Weekend Update	John Perrotto	2009-11-29
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Kiss'Em Goodbye: Texas Rangers	Baseball Prospectus	2009-09-28
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Every Given Sunday: Off-season Moves	John Perrotto	2008-11-02
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Every Given Sunday: Moving Forward to Rewind	John Perrotto	2008-08-31
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Prospectus Hit List: Week of September 19th	Jay Jaffe	2006-09-19
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Prospectus Notebook: Indians, Rangers	Baseball Prospectus	2006-06-09
Schrodinger's Bat: Quantifying High Impact Performances	Dan Fox	2006-05-29
Prospectus Hit List: Week of May 14	Jay Jaffe	2006-05-16
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Team Health Reports: Texas Rangers	Will Carroll	2006-02-15
Team Health Reports: Texas Rangers	Thomas Gorman	2006-02-15
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Prospectus Notebook: ARI, MIN, TEX	Baseball Prospectus	2005-09-14
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Fantasy Focus: Changing of the Guard	Erik Siegrist	2005-08-29
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Crooked Numbers: Left Wing Conspiracy	James Click	2005-06-30
Prospectus Today: The Texas Bulldogs	Joe Sheehan	2005-06-01
Prospectus Hit List: Week of May 15, 2005	Ben Murphy	2005-05-18
Under The Knife: Rained Out	Will Carroll	2005-04-13
Preseason Predictions: AL Staff Picks, 2005	Baseball Prospectus	2005-03-31
Prospectus Today: AL West Preview	Joe Sheehan	2005-03-29
Crooked Numbers: Wild Wild West	James Click	2005-03-17
Team Health Reports: Texas Rangers	Will Carroll	2005-03-04
Under The Knife: Almost There...	Will Carroll	2005-02-03
Prospectus Roundtable: Top 50 Prospects - Catchers	Baseball Prospectus	2005-02-01
Prospectus Matchups: The Generation Gap	Jim Baker	2004-11-24
AL MVP Voting: Down-Ballot Weirdness	Jim Baker	2004-11-17
Teams: A Critical Guide: My Aunt's Thanksgiving Turkey Edition, American League	Steven Goldman	2004-09-16
Prospectus Triple Play: Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies	Baseball Prospectus	2004-09-14
Prospectus Matchups: Being Valuable	Jim Baker	2004-09-03
Rational Exuberance: A Better Way to Build a Baseball Team	Jonah Keri	2004-08-21
Prospectus Matchups: Hey Wot	Jim Baker	2004-08-10
Under The Knife: Mid-Season Health Reports	Will Carroll	2004-07-16
Prospectus Triple Play: Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers	Baseball Prospectus	2004-07-15
Mid-Season Baseball Awards: Staff Picks, 2004	Ryan Wilkins	2004-07-14
Prospectus Triple Play: Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers	Baseball Prospectus	2004-07-14
Prospectus Today: All-Star Diary	Joe Sheehan	2004-07-13
Prospectus Today: Stroll Through the Boxes	Joe Sheehan	2004-05-26
Lies, Damned Lies: Aging Alfonso	Nate Silver	2004-05-05
Prospectus Today: Chemistry Crock	Joe Sheehan	2004-05-03
Prospectus Triple Play: Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers	Baseball Prospectus	2004-03-23
The View from Florida: James Loney	David Cameron	2004-03-19
World Cup Comes to Baseball?: Projecting the Hitters	Nathan Fox	2004-03-11
Prospectus Triple Play: Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers	Baseball Prospectus	2004-03-09
Team Health Reports: Texas Rangers	Will Carroll	2004-03-08
Prospectus Triple Play: Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers	Baseball Prospectus	2004-02-24
Transaction Analysis: February 20-23, 2004	Christina Kahrl	2004-02-24
Prospectus Roundtable: Top 50 Prospects, Part I	Baseball Prospectus	2004-02-21
Prospectus Today: Awards, Deals, and Stupid Owner Tricks	Joe Sheehan	2003-11-21
Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates	Baseball Prospectus	2003-10-17
Prospectus Triple Play: Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies	Baseball Prospectus	2003-10-10
Can Of Corn: Platoon	Dayn Perry	2003-10-08
Prospectus Triple Play: Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers	Baseball Prospectus	2003-09-25
Under The Knife: Get Right To It	Will Carroll	2003-07-23
Prospectus Triple Play: Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers	Baseball Prospectus	2003-07-22
Prospectus Today: All-Star Diary	Joe Sheehan	2003-07-16
Prospectus Today: The Mid-Summer Classic	Joe Sheehan	2003-07-07
Under The Knife: Results	Will Carroll	2003-06-19
Prospectus Triple Play: Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets	Baseball Prospectus	2003-06-04
Prospectus Today: The Barriers to Success	Joe Sheehan	2003-05-29
Prospectus Triple Play: Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland A's, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers	Baseball Prospectus	2003-05-27
Prospectus Today: AL All-Star Ballot	Joe Sheehan	2003-05-21
Prospectus Triple Play: Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers	Baseball Prospectus	2003-05-13
Lies, Damned Lies: Binomial Distribution (or What the Heck is Up with Miguel Tejada and Alex Gonzalez?)	Nate Silver	2003-05-07
Prospectus Triple Play: Texas Rangers, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox	Baseball Prospectus	2003-04-29
Prospectus Today: Stroll Through the Sortables	Joe Sheehan	2003-04-18
Under The Knife: OutFoxing the Injury Bug	Will Carroll	2003-03-25
Under The Knife: O-Day Approaching	Will Carroll	2003-03-24
Under The Knife: Cardinal Chaos and Sasaki's Stubborn Stunt	Will Carroll	2003-03-20
Prospectus Today: AL West Preview	Joe Sheehan	2003-03-20
PECOTA Preview: The American League	Nate Silver	2003-03-19
Prospectus Today: The Hinske and Wells Signings	Joe Sheehan	2003-03-19
Under The Knife: Catching Up	Will Carroll	2003-03-14
Prospectus Today: Desert Doodles	Joe Sheehan	2003-03-12
Prospectus Q&A: Mark Shapiro	Jonah Keri	2003-02-25
Prospectus Q&A: Mark Shapiro	Jonah Keri	2003-02-25
Prospectus Feature: Touring the Minors: The Pacific Coast League	Keith Scherer	2003-02-20
Transaction Analysis: Transaction Analysis, The Wests	Christina Kahrl	2003-02-05
Team Health Reports: Team Health Report: Texas Rangers	Will Carroll	2003-01-28
Prospectus Q&A: Dr. Chris Yeager	Will Carroll	2003-01-16
Prospectus Feature: The Forty Million Dollar Question: Building the 2003 Expos (Part Two)	Scot Hughes	2002-12-04
6-4-3: A Chat with Dave	Gary Huckabay	2002-11-15
Prospectus Feature: The Arizona Fall League	Jonah Keri	2002-11-07
Internet Baseball Awards: Rookies of the Year	Greg Spira	2002-10-18
6-4-3: Quality Control: Say what you like, just...	Gary Huckabay	2002-06-21
Prospectus Feature: Sifting Through the Discount Bin	Jonah Keri	2002-06-05
Transaction Analysis: Transaction Analysis: May 28-29, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-06-01
Transaction Analysis: April 30-May 11, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-05-13
Prospectus Feature: How Sure Is A	Paul Covert	2002-05-09
Transaction Analysis: April 11-13, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-04-15
6-4-3: Noises from the Feedbag, Part Two	Gary Huckabay	2002-04-12
Transaction Analysis: April 4-6, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-04-08
Prospectus Feature: American League Predictions	Baseball Prospectus	2002-03-31
6-4-3: Maybe You Pushed, Maybe I Jumped	Gary Huckabay	2002-03-22
Transaction Analysis: March 14-18, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-03-21
The Daily Prospectus: Who? Never Heard of Him.	Joe Sheehan	2002-03-20
The Daily Prospectus: The Daily Prospectus: A Great Race?	Joe Sheehan	2002-02-26

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-03-24 11:00:00	I find it almost shocking that the Rays may indeed find a way to fit Hank Blalock onto the Opening Day line-up. Does it mean that Wily Aybar is on the "outs" or the last days of Gabe Kapler are among us, with Zobrist, Rodriguez and Joyce alternating spots? (jlarsen from Chicago)	It's weird that Hank Blalock is probably going to find a roster spot with the Rays. If they have one thing in spades I would have said it was roster flexibility. Why you need a first baseman likely to OBP around .300 is a mystery to me. (Tommy Bennett)
2010-01-13 13:00:00	What is the story with Hank Blalock? He seems to be Plan C for a lot of teams right now. Where do you see him landing, and for how much? (Jay from Grand Prairie)	Boy, you talk about someone who fell off the face of the earth. There was some talk early in the winter that the Pirates had interest but I haven't heard a single word about him since. It would seem he's going to someone's camp as a non-roster player. (John Perrotto)
2009-10-13 14:00:00	I was a huge supporter of Chris Davis coming into the year, but even though he still struck out a ton last season, he looked utterly helpless at the plate this year. Do you see any hope for a turn around? (ramjam36 from Fort Worth, TX)	I'd rather not give up on Davis just yet. It isn't like we're talking Hank Blalock here--Davis has value on defense, still has tremendous power, and may have had the lessons stick from his in-season demotion. It doesn't cost anything to invest the time to wait and see, up until the point that Justin Smoak arrives and makes Davis a bit of a distressed property on the roster. That's going to be sooner rather than later, of course, but selling Davis now means selling low, and he's better and more valuable than that. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-02-24 13:00:00	What are your thoughts on Joe Crede? I figure there's a chance that he'll perform better than Buscher/Harris, and if/when he gets hurt or sucks, Buscher/Harris is still there and all the team lost is a couple million dollars. On the other hand, Gardenhire loves crappy players, especially when they are veterans who can play defense, so there's no guarantee he'll come out of the lineup no matter how bad he is. (russadams from St. Paul, MN)	I think the Twins can't help themselves sometimes. Year in and year out, they bring in no-upside veterans, usually good with the glove and with lousy OBPs. Then they wonder why they missed the playoffs again. Crede almost works in a Garret Anderson, the-other-guys-might-be-worse sense, but that's the nicest thing I can say about the deal. Was there really no way to trade anything for Hank Blalock? (Joe Sheehan)
2009-02-10 14:00:00	Max Ramirez is a man with a big stick who wants to play against the big boys. When will he get his chance? (ericmilburn from San Francisco)	Sooner, I hope, because he can rake. I can see him being part of the solution at DH when the next unscheduled absence for Hank Blalock comes up. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-07-24 13:00:00	Hi Christina, There have been some rumblings about the Rangers preparing to move Hank Blalock in the last couple of days. When I checked last night, I was surprised to see that he got a fairly positive write -up in this year's annual. Do you see him as a middle-of-the-order thumper in the next few years, or is he no more than an adequate bit part on a competitive team? (BigOwe from SF)	To give Blalock due credit, I think people rejected him too strongly because he was overhyped on the way up... Marc Normandin's Player Profile from a while back did a good job of exploring why that was. If he's the fourth- or fifth-best player in a lineup, that's probably not a bad lineup, but if you expect him to be one of your stars, given his track record for health, you're asking a lot. So, more than a bit part, but not one of your best, and you'll be giving him credit for what he is. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-06-27 14:00:00	Christina - if Chris Davis and Max Ramirez hit in the 3 weeks or so what do the Rangers do with Hank Blalock? Move him back to third? If healthy(huge assumption I know) is there likely to be any kind of trade market for him? (statham from Toronto)	That's what they should do--leave him at third, not just because of the intra-organizational crowd at first, but also because that's where his value in trade would be maximized. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-03-17 12:00:00	Alex Gordon or Hank Blalock? (Otocinclus from NYC)	gordon way higher upside. (Mike Siano)
2008-01-10 13:00:00	Rank these third baseman long term: Zimmerman, Alex Gordon, Ryan Braun, Andy LaRoche, and Evan Longoria. (chris from chicago)	Zimmerman (man, he's about to have a year), Longoria, Braun, LaRoche, Gordon. I might flip the last two because I'm not sure the Dodgers won't screw up with LaRoche. There are a ton of good young third baseman, huh? Here's a better question: which of these guys ends up being Hank Blalock? (Joe Sheehan)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2009-10-21 17:00:00	NLCS Game 5	AJM (Lone Star State): What about Vlad going to Texas to DH, replacing the dynamic duo of Andruw Jones and Hank Blalock? What is this, an Enron joke? Dynamic:Hank Blalock::Sparklessness:Batteries. I figure a reunion of Ron Washington's Rangers and Milton Bradley still makes a lot more sense, especially if you get the Cubs to eat cro^^^^HHHH... money on the exchange. (Christina Kahrl)

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