ESPN.com: MLB – Healthy Hollandsworth ‘can’t wait’ to play again
After getting traded from LA to Colorado in 2000, Hollandsworth had an OPS of .934 (it was just .686 before the trade).
At the start of last year, before Hollandsworth busted his shin, he had an OPS of 1.075. So far, in 284 at bats playing for the Colorado Rockies, Hollandsworth has hit 17 home runs, driven in 58 and stolen 12 bases. Double those numbers and you get a pretty fair outfielder.
Is it fair to double the numbers? Is Hollandsworth’s production in Colorado indicative of what he might do this year?
284 AB is a fair sample size, though it isn’t nearly enough of a pattern to completely override Hollandsworth’s previous history with the Dodgers. After a modest debut season for the LAers, for which he won the Rookie of the Year prize, he settled into a profound sort of mediocrity, neither making and impact nor an impression, while somehow managing to hold onto his job.
His on base skills are slight. Even in Colorado, off to a hot start last year, he walked just eight times in 125 AB. His historical patience is a little better than that, but not great.
My prediction: He could end up on the good side of a platoon with Benny Agbayani (or Mark Little), but chances are good that the situation will get messier, with Jack Cust pushing his way into some sort of role. It would be foolish not to notice Todd’s apparent affinity with Colorado, but it is unlikely he’s going to be able to set aside his lackluster past completely. Which makes him a risky pick if his price goes beyond $10-$12 bucks.