By Blaidd Drwg
June 27th was a sad day as this bit of information came across the wire:
The Indians designated infielder Adam Everett for assignment, reports MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian. Everett isn’t sure of his next step, and retirement is possible. As Everett’s career possibly comes to a close, the Lonnie Chisenhall era is about to begin in Cleveland, reports Bastian. Adding the top prospect would keep the Tribe’s 40-man roster full.
Adam Everett was having a truly awful career at the plate, posting a whopping 66 OPS+ over his 11 seasons with Houston, Minnesota, Detroit and Cleveland (spending a good chunk of his prime years in one of the best hitters parks in the league) and showing a tremendous aversion to taking a walk. Everett was, however, a fantastic defensive SS and that allowed him to put up a career WAR of 8.1 despite being completely inept at the plate. He has a wonderful comp list on baseball-reference of banjo hitting shortstops and backup catchers. One funny thing about the list, there are an exceptionally high number of guys who played for the Royals on this list:
1. Chico Fernandez (963)
2. Kevin Stocker (956)
3. Don Buddin (949)
4. Angel Berroa (947)
5. Pokey Reese (944)
6. U L Washington (944)
7. Jamie Quirk (944)
8. Kurt Stillwell (938)
9. Dale Berra (936)
10. John Wathan (936)
Annie will always have her spring training encounter with Adam and I will always remember Everett as the guy who brought the Sox Carl Everett.
Of course, there was also the memorable “Vote for Adam” campaign in 2007.
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