That Erstad was a +OF defender in his prime ('99-'03) and three of those seasons were in CF. But it is easy to forget (I know that I did until I just looked it up) just how mediocre with the bat (or worse) that Erstad was, following his one great season in 2000. Something was in the water that year. I'm not speculating on what it was.
If you're a .280-.350 guy with 15 homers and 30 2B, then you're Brandon Belt (who G mentioned above). And Brandon Belt is a heck of a player. White as Belt would tickle me to no end. And if you thnk about it, we would all do happy jigs if Vogs turns out to be .280-.350 with 15 next season.
It's the kind of player I once hoped that Dario Pizzano would turn out to be. As a matter of fact, I still do. If you take away Pizzano's dismal 2-26 start, then he's a .308-.370 hitter this year with 13 2B and 8 HR (with a 14/16 Eye). It seems like he's revamped his swing/approach some to BB less and HR more. I know that part of that was back in AA, but he had starting hitting like that in Tacoma, too. He'll be back up. Aplin, Bleh!
Update: Pizzano was 4-5 last night, now 11 for his last 18. Get him back to Tacoma!!! .362-.421-.580 in AA.