The Devil or the Deep Blue Sea?

Will he end up with the devil or in the deep blue sea

Year	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	AB/K
2002	445	115	144	.258	.374	3.09
2003	139	29	46	.209	.341	3.02
2003	110	26	32	.236	.368	3.44
2004	523	138	177	.264	.373	2.95
2005	283	61	109	.216	.328	2.60

Mark Bellhorn is a source of genuine disagreement between Red Sox fans - those who despair at his strikeout totals, and those that look at a K as just another out, and concentrated on his overall value.

This year however, his value has declined as his production has fallen dramatically - he was striking out at a rate of once every 2.6 at bats in 2005, a quite incredible rate. When he is getting on base at a .373 clip, I think you live with the strikeouts, but when that falls to .328...

I am on record as saying that I will never forget the contribution Mark made to last year's championship - the Sox won the only World Series game I have ever attended on the back of his late two run home run at Fenway. However, one of the strengths of this Red Sox front office is that the lack of sentiment (for contrary evidence see Millar, Kevin) allows clear headed decisions to be taken on what players add to the team. Mark Bellhorn wasn't helping this team, this year...