Horribly cliched title. Anyway…
Just for the fun of it, I took Dave Pinto’s Marcel team offense estimate for the Rays and plugged Barry Bonds in for Jonny Gomes, using last year’s rates of .480/.565. With a 4-5-6 of Upton, Baldelli, and Gomes, Dave had the Rays scoring 5.45 runs per game, fifth in the Major Leagues. With a 4-5-6 of Bonds, Upton, and Baldelli, that figure goes to 5.87, second behind the Yankees at 5.89.
I’m fully aware of the faults of this method, but it’s interesting nonetheless. Bonds could give them a fairly legitimate shot to compete. If it was my team, I would have trouble not taking that chance.
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