So the Dodgers have signed third baseman Josh Fields to a minor league contract. Not a bad deal, really. Fields hit 23 homers in 400+ at-bats in 2007 for the White Sox - the only season in which he amassed regular playing time.
Over a full season of 594 projected plate appearances, Baseball Reference tells that he could hit 25 bombs, drive in 80 runs, and walk 52 times. OK, so he'd only hit .234 with a .303 OBP, but still. Isn't this the kind of numbers we're expecting from Juan Uribe? You know, that guy the Dodgers are paying $8 million for in 2012?
Look, Josh Fields isn't that great of player and he may be a complete bust. It's just that from all of the veteran retreads Ned has blessed us with over the past few weeks, at age 28, Fields looks like the right kind of gamble.