Don Aikens  
Left Fielder | Retired or Inactive Players

Hitting
The book on Aikens is that you can knock the bat out of his hands with an average major league fastball. Aikens always has been a line-drive hitter who uses the entire field. The Retired or Inactive Players do tend to sit Aikens when the opposing team throws a lefty. It's no secret he can't touch the left-handed breaking ball.

Baserunning & Defense
Aikens isn't a good baserunner. He doesn't get good jumps on steals nor runs sharp routes around the bases. Minor league scouts have accused Aikens of being a liability in the field. His biggest problem in the field simply has to be his throwing arm... it's well below par.

2010 Outlook
What The Retired or Inactive Players was thinking when they signed Aikens to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
1998 FA LF 20 21 33 52 54 42 46 51 51 36 0 Free Agent 30 26 . 102
1999 FA LF 19 21 29 52 54 42 46 51 51 37 0 Free Agent 30 26 . 94
2000 FA LF 18 20 27 52 54 42 46 51 51 38 0 Free Agent 29 25 . 86
Ratings Delta     -1 -1 -2             +1     -1 -1   -8
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.