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Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
How about Chen Chin-Feng? He's struggled to make it with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but he's hitting .297 with 20 HRs and 65 RBIs with the Las Vegas 51s. In 2003, he batted .281 with 26 HRs and 86 RBIs. At 27, he's about to become one of those so-called six-year free agents, since he only has four games in the Major Leagues I think. He doesn't even have 20 at-bat and hasn't been given much of a chance. I know he's 0-for-13, but that doesn't say much.
If Chen's not good enough for the Majors, maybe he's good enough for the Japanese leagues which is considered a step higher than Triple-A but a step below MLB.