08-02-2021, 05:33 PM
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Peter Spaeth
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Originally Posted by D. Bergin
Hopefully he reaches his goals this year (hits aren't a given), and retires, or the Tigers buy him out.
What a shell of himself he's become.
First other player I thought of was Don Mattingly after the back issues, but Donnie Baseball was still winning Gold Gloves and hitting for a decent average until his retirement.
Miggy went from one of the greatest pure hitters of the modern generation, to basically a negative WAR player, for 5 years straight.
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Pujols comes to mind.
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