Who Would You Rather Have: Nelson Cruz Or Jayson Werth?

I was flipping through the Ron Shandler 2010 Baseball Forecaster today and stopped to see what Shandler had to say about Nelson Cruz. Let’s just say he likes him....alot.

Cruz had a very solid 2009 season hitting 33-76-20-.260-.331-.524, a Shandler PX (power) 160, and a SX (speed) 99. He increased his FB% from 37.9% in 2008 to 45.6% in 2009 and maintained his HR/FB% at 21.2% for oth 2008 and 2009. His BABIP was a little low at .280, so we could see an increase in his BA in 2010. He does strike out alot (K% of 25%) but walks a decent amount as well (BB% of 10%).