Melky Cabrera PED suspension could impact Phillies offseason
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Melky Cabrera PED suspension could impact Phillies offseason
David Murphy, Daily News Staff Writer
While Major League Baseball's announcement that it had suspended Melky Cabrera for 50 games for elevated levels of testosterone has more immediate impact on the Giants, who entered the day tied with the Dodgers atop the National League, the move could also have an effect on the Phillies' offseason decision making.
Cabrera will be a free agent after the season, and while he has spent 2012 as a corner outfielder, the majority of his time in the majors has been spent in center field, where the Phillies have a clear need. The Phillies kicked the tires on Cabrera before acquiring Hunter Pence last July, and he had done nothing since to lower his stock, hitting .346 with a .390 on base percentage, .516 slugging percentage and 11 home runs before the suspension.
A switch-hitter, Cabrera has eight home runs in 129 at-bats from the right side of the plate, where the Phillies are clearly in need of some power.
True story: Game 3 of the 2009 Phils-Yanks WS. After a long rain delay, the game takes place. The Phils end up losing, but Melky, a Yankee outfielder at the time, taunts & taunts & taunts the Phillies outfield crowd. He kept pointing to his hat and primping his jersey, pointing to it to taunt the Phillies crowd. I was there, and I saw it first hand. So to me, this couldn't happen to a nicer guy. And he is not welcome in the Phillies outfield. I would rather see Kenny Lofton out there— bumpi16- Steer clear of anyone accused of cheating. Artificially inflated numbers on the field are no indication of the future accolades of a "juiced" player. Take chances elsewhere but leave tis guy alone.— SocialReject
- I don't get the headline. Actually, I don't get how a lot of the stupid mistakes get through editors, but this headline is idiotic. How exactly does Cabrera testing positive hurt the Phillies? If anything it helps them. They know not to blow money on someone who's juicing.— JayOfDaJungle
