If they pull off the miracle, Floyd could retire...

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I don't think too many people could expect too much more out of Floyd then what he's given this year, which is a above average OBP player with below average slugging, below average defense, and ok baserunning. Here are his season totals:

 

.291/.367/.423

 

His home runs due to his recent hot streak are starting to fall in line with his career (remember that he's had his 2nd lowest amount of at-bats in his entire career, 265). They're still maybe 2-3 homers behind what he should have done by now, but Floyd was never a huge power hitter. He only made it to 30 home runs twice in his career, and his slugging was only over .550 once. He had some good power years, but he always let his OBP carry him.

 

His OPS+ is now 101 for the season, so he's been an average MLB player at the plate. Of course he made up a lot of that ground with his recent surge-I think people would have felt better if he had spread out his hot streak through the season rather than put it right at the end. Also, 5th is a bad spot for him in the batting order (Floyd is a 6th or 7th hitter at this point) but with Jones having a bad year and Soriano at leadoff, the Cubs don't really have an option for the 5th spot that looks any better.

 

So basically, Floyd has been what I thought he was. I maybe expected about 20 points more of slugging and a couple more home runs. He's had about 50 extra at-bats then what he should have had at this point as well. I expected him to get between 200-300 at the start of the year, and it looks like he'll hit 300. The real issue that hasn't been taking away at-bats from a player like Murton hasn't been Floyd, because that 200-300 was expected. It's been all the other people-DeRosa, Pagan, Pie/Jones, Monroe, Ward, even Theriot for a start that has really cost people what many thought would be a 60/40 or 65/35 split for Murton and Floyd this year.

 

Floyd's been an ok player, but with Ward on the team and having shown that he can play OF almost as well as Floyd, I see no reason to sign Floyd back for 2008.