Andruw Jones headed to Japan

[Guest]

Andruw Jones has reached an agreement with the Rakuten Golden Eagles on a one-year deal worth about $3.6 million to play in Japan, Nikkansports.com reported Friday.

If the report is accurate, Jones would become one of the biggest Major League Baseball stars to play in Japan.

Jones, 35, hit just .197 with 14 homers and 34 RBIs in 233 at-bats for the Yankees last season.

Jones won 10 straight Gold Gloves from 1998 through 2007, but his offensive production has dropped significantly over the past five seasons. He hit .158 with three homers in 75 games with the Dodgers in 2008, and he has not hit better than .247 or hit more than 19 homers in any season since.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/report-...3619--mlb.html

[NAHSTE]

I hope this isn't the end.

[Primetime]

I miss all the kids from Curacao saying Andruw Jones is their favorite player.

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I miss all the kids from Curacao saying Andruw Jones is their favorite player.

There has been a changing of the guard.

[SuperKevin]

I wonder if this hurts his chances at the Hall of Fame?

[Primetime]

I wonder if this hurts his chances at the Hall of Fame?

Why would it?

[NAHSTE]

I wonder if this hurts his chances at the Hall of Fame?

I think whatever damage has been done to his case has already been done. I don't think he gets in, he'll be in the Dale Murphy 20 percent range for fifteen years, then fall off the ballot.

[Guest]

Whatever damage to Jones' HOF case was done since 2007, when he's only hit with a .214 average. That has colored a lot of voters against his case. He had a great peak, stuck around as a role player but he really fell off a cliff at the end of the last decade.