Growing up as a Philadelphia Phillies fan in South Jersey, Bobby Abreu came to be one of my favorite players. Though his defense was often lacking, it was always a pleasure to watch the guy hit. His SLG has dipped off recently, but he is still close to the prestigious .300/.400/.500 club (.300 BA, .405 OBP, .498 SLG). No matter what way you slice it, those are impressive averages to keep up over a 13 year career.
Getting to the point, Bobby Abreu reportedly signed a one-year deal to be worth slightly over $5 million for the 2009 season.
My immediate reaction: what a bargain.
After taking a few minutes to cool my reaction, I thought about it a little longer. And still, I cannot believe what a bargain the Angels got. There were rumors swirling around last week that Abreu was going to sign a one-year $8 million deal. At that time, I thought whatever team signed him for that would be getting a great deal. But one-year $5 million . . . that's highway robbery.
This is during the same offseason that older, slower, less powerful Raul Ibanez received a 3-year $30 million deal. This is during the same offseason that born-to-be-a-DH Pat Burrell received a 2-year $16 million deal.
And Bobby Abreu, who has the 7th highest active total power/speed number (behind only Bonds, A-Rod, Sosa, Sheffield, Reggie Sanders, and Ken Griffey) gets a measly one-year $5 million deal?
Something is wrong here. Horribly wrong.
Either Bobby Abreu has spent the offseason doing his best Andruw Jones impression and eating himself out of the league or he was in a freak accident severing both of his legs at the knee rendering him only slightly worse than Pat Burrell on the base paths.
Only time will tell. But one thing is for sure: the Angels are god damn geniuses.
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