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Jason Michaels DFA’d; Should We be Interested?.

According to Anthony Castrovincethe Indians will DFA Jason Michaels. RF has been a hole for the Rays all season. Even with the newly acquired Gabe Gross, who hasn’t exactly set the field on fire, it remains a question mark . Michaels is 32, can play all three OF positions and is a Tampa native. He went to Jesuit HS, who’s notable alumni include Lou Pinella and Brad Radke. He is also a University of Miami alum.

So how does Michaels compare against the current Rays back up OF? The answer is fairly well. He has had a bad start to the season, but like I said before neither Gross or Nate Haynes are making a good case for themselves.

NAME	CAREER	CAREER VS LHP	CAREER VS RHP
G.GROSS	.240/.342/.398	.088/.257/.158	.254/.350/.420
N.HAYNES	.256/.304/.279	.143/.143/.143	.263/.314/.288
J.MICHAELS	.277/.351/.413	.294/.377/.449	.265/.331/.387

I’d be in favor of dropping Haynes like two weeks ago and taking a chance on Michaels. Gross gets on base more and has a great arm so I’d keep him over Haynes. Michaels hits lefties better than both of them and I could see Gomes/Michaels vs LHP with Gross/Hinske against RHP even though Gross and Michaels are almost even against RHP.

Maybe I’m just bored on an off day, but it couldn’t hurt to take a flier. Cliff Floyd’s return is also coming soon, so something will have to give.  Jacque Jones was also released, but I’d stay away from him.

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