The Other Anchor

Giambi is nearly as worthless and historically bad as Womack. Womack can at least catch a baseball and touch his toes.

"[Giambi] looks finished," one AL scout said. "He lost his hands [as a hitter]. He used to hit with such great hands. Not now."

Giambi cannot field, he cannot throw, he cannot run, he cannot hit with power, he cannot hit the ball to the opposite field. He, Womack and Ruben Sierra are dead roster spots. Yes, but Giambi still gets on base, you say. The man has a .383 OBP, after all! Chill out. Giambi is the embodiment of the foolishness of putting your faith in one statistic. His OBP is hugely devalued by his inability to run or to hit for extra bases. The same guy who once led the league in doubles has hit only three this year. Since April 19 -- almost two months -- Giambi has one home run and two doubles for his only extra-base hits. His slugging percentage (.340) is worse than his OBP. He is on track to score 39 runs.

Good luck trying to find hitters with that kind of profile (gets on base, doesn't score, no power). Giambi is on pace to get 368 at-bats. Only one player in history has ever batted 350 times or more and posted an OBP better than .380 but didn't score 40 runs or slug .350: Floyd Baker of the 1949 White Sox, a third baseman who hit one career homer in 874 games. At least Baker was such a slick fielder he was known as The Glove Man. Giambi, especially after his fiasco of a game last Friday in St. Louis, should never be allowed to wear a glove again.