Blake, Casey

- First Base•Third Base, Los Angeles Dodgers

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NL
Age	37
Bats or Throws	Right

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Reviewed by SteveP
February 28, 2010
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Casey Blake's OPS line for his career is one of those fun little oddities. Starting when Blake became a full timer with Cleveland in 2003 (age 29 no less), his OPS has been .723, .839, .746, .835, .777, .830, .773, .832. Something about those .830's in odd years. Of course it doesn't mean a thing.

Blake is one of those guys whose numbers would be quite a lot better were he to bat 4th more of the time. Of course if you are a Dodger fan you don't want this because, although an .830 OPS is perfectly reasonable, you would be giving up a fair amount of runs by making that switch. For better or worse Blake is hitting where he should and where he will and than means we can expect, yet again, somewhere around 80 R's and RBI and 20 HR to go along with a .270-.280 BA. When you think the third basemen have run out in your draft, don't forget Blake because those numbers do work. .270-78-19-80-3. 525Abs

Positives / Upside	In my leagues we refer to players like Casey Blake as warm milk. They do nothing exciting for you, but they always do it and they don't cost much. You never want to reach for this kind of a guy, but if you plug him in (particularly in a year like this where there are few plus third basemen), the position is done. .280-22-85-80-3. 575ABS
Negatives / Downside	Warm milk indeed. The problem with warm milk is that when it goes cold, it's pretty sickly. You can work with the .270 or .280 but what if he hits .241 or .257 as he did in 2003 and 2005? .255-65-15-70-3. 500Abs
Recommendation	Buy at cost
Draft Position	227