Anthony Rendon injured

I’m pretty sure Rendon’s bone never broke though his skin.

I don’t care if he only plays 110 games in a season if he’s a top-level player in those 110 games, and Drew is exactly that kind of guy.

Five wins in 110 games is just as good, if not better, than five wins in 150 games.

That’s a very valuable player. JD Drew is a very valuable player. There are plenty of OF who hit more than he does who don’t provide as much value to their team.

JD Drew is about a 4 win player when you add up his defense, hitting and baserunning. That’s a perennial all star and very valuable. There are a good amount of regular OFs in the majors who hit as well or better than Drew. There are a good amount of regular OFs in the majors who field as well or better than Drew. There are very, very few who both field and hit as well as Drew at the same time.

Drew has been the 10th most valuable OFer in baseball to date in 2010. He was the 4th best OFer in 2009. He was the 7th best OFer in 2008. He was 24th in 2007, 6th in 2006, 11th in 2005. 1st in 2004. The guy has consistently been among the elite players in the game for the last decade.

As for his HOF candidacy, he’s been worth a little more than 46 wins in his career. That’s pretty damn high. As a prospect and young player he was considered one of the most talented players in the game. He is really good at baseball. He will certainly end his career having had a better career than many HOFers… but since a good portion of his value lies in a number of areas that aren’t immediately obvious to the common moron fan, broadcasters and sportswriters he doesn’t really have a shot. Drew has been one of the best players in the game the last decade even though most people don’t recognize or appreciate it

If Drew retired tomorrow he would already have had a better career than guys like Don Mattingly, Dave Parker, Albert Belle, Ernie Lombardi, Paul O’Neill, Maury Wills, Daryl Strawberry, Nomar, Roy Campanella…

Drew is 34 and has the kind of skillset that should age well. let’s conservatively assume he has at least four more years left, and we’ll discount the per year WAR to 3 (less than we’d expect now, but perhaps more than we’d expect near the end). That would put him in pretty good territory with HOFers below him. Again, he’s not going to make it, but he’ll almost certainly end up a borderline guy based on what he’s done in his career.

It is based almost entirely on other the player’s teammates. It’s not quite as useless as RBI, but it’s pretty terrible.

I don’t like OPS either; JD Drew has a career .385 wOBA. I doubt he gets into the HOF (and really, does anyone care about that distinction anymore, it’s mostly political), but he certainly has a case.