What To Make Of Andruw Jones

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 What To Make Of Andruw Jones
Oh, what to make of Atlanta Braves center fielder Andruw Jones . He's a five-time All Star, and nine-time winner of the Gold Glove award. But three months from free agency, Jones has had a difficult contract year. In May ESPN writer Jayson Stark labeled Jones the most overrated center fielder of all time . Jones has a bigger problem though, and it's coming from within. With millions of ... [link]

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Published 7/9/2007 by 100% Injury Rate at 100% Injury Rate
... With Boras at his side, Andruw Jones could still have a big payday this offseason. [Lion in Oil] ...

Andruw Jones Picked the Wrong Year to Slump
Published 7/9/2007 by PostmanE at FanHouse
... But as Lion in Oil points out today, Andruw Jones -- one of the more productive (and possibly overrated) center fielders in baseball the past couple of years -- is having an incredibly bad season. What started as an early-season slump has turned into a .204 average at the break. His OPS+ is 91, around 10 points lower than league average, and his OBP is an abysmal .310. This is not the Andruw Jones of old, or even of last year. ...

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