November 13th, 2007 by Top Dawg

Over the last week it has been reported that Jeff Kent is excited about Joe Torre and he’s coming back in 08′.  To that I say why.  I’m not a Jeff Kent guy.  Back in the day he was a great 2nd baseman, a hall of fame 2nd baseman, but those days have past.  Now he’s a grouchy 40 year old who needs several days off to take care of his brittle body.  Kent is a HUGE liability defensively, his offensive numbers have dropped dramatically, and he’s bad in the clubhouse.  Publicly the Dodgers are opening Kent with welcome arms, hopefully privately there are questions weather they want him and his 9mil a year to return.  Today Kent, via his agent, has said he’s not sure about returning.  Good thought…go with it!  Hopefully he isn’t trying to get leverage for another year.  Look the Dodgers have a young capable 2nd baseman in Tony Abreu.  Abreu is much better defensively but not as good yet offensively, but that’s OK.  Abreu committed zero errors at 2nd base and had a couple hrs in much less at-bats then Kent.  If the Dodgers follow my free agent plan then they won’t need Kent’s bat and bad attitude.  Jeff Kent you’ve had a hall-of-fame career…it’s over.