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Matt,
I'll meet more than half way, and I REALLY hope that YOU ARE RIGHT!
Griffey got 450 AB's last year, and the reception he received EVERY TIME he came to the plate in Safeco, along with how Griffey responded over the last 2 months...Griffey will get 300 AB's in 2010. So then, my math figures that Vlad gets 320 AB's at DH and pinch hitting. Then with Vlad playing 55 games in left averaging 3.3 AB's / 7 innings where Saunders comes in for a defense / pinch runner....and my guess is roughly 500 AB's for Vlad. I'M SOLD!!!
I hope that is enough for Vlad.
Tacoma Rain