Getty Images Greg Dobbs is a decent role player and has drawn interest from several teams as a free agent, including the Nationals.
Joe Frisaro of MLB.com reports that re-signing Dobbs is the Marlins’ “main objective” right now and “the team is hoping to finalize a deal soon.”
And then Frisaro starts laying it on pretty thick with praise, writing that Dobbs “enjoyed a highly productive 2011″ and re-signing him “would cap a highly productive month of December for the Marlins.”
Meanwhile, in reality the “highly productive” Dobbs is a 33-year-old career-long bench player who hit .275 with a .311 on-base percentage and .389 slugging percentage in a career-high 439 plate appearances while posting a terrible 83/22 K/BB ratio.
He also hit .189 in 2010 and has batted a combined .251 with a .294 on-base percentage and .375 slugging percentage during the past three seasons. Dobbs will likely get a modest one-year deal.
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- kiwicricket - Dec 27, 2011 at 11:51 AM
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Gator and PC’s comments combined with this post amuse me even more.
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- Old Gator - Dec 27, 2011 at 2:36 PM
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I wonder if Gregg Dobbs is related to High Epopt Bob Dobbs, better known simply as “Bob:”
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=images+of+Bob+Dobbs&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1024&bih=667&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnso&tbnid=Wza-1wg30oc-UM:&imgrefurl=http://connie.slackware.com/~msimons/slackware/grfx/&docid=llhwartFYLo8zM&imgurl=http://connie.slackware.com/~msimons/slackware/grfx/shared/dobbslack2.gif&w=129&h=151&ei=1R36TvTVMeupsAKev8THAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=345&vpy=336&dur=141&hovh=120&hovw=103&tx=59&ty=59&sig=101848142145118769074&page=11&tbnh=120&tbnw=103&start=166&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:166
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- proudlycanadian - Dec 27, 2011 at 6:21 PM
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I did spell Greg incorrectly in my earlier comment that amused kiwicricket; however, I did know that there was a Dobbs story out there that HBT had yet to report on. I was hoping that it would continue to be ignored, but it is a slow news day and Aaron was able to put a good spin on it.
