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Elijah Dukes is out a job. Projected as the starting right fielder this season for the Washington Nationals, after a poor season last year and poorer spring, Dukes was released. Because he's been known as a "troubled" player throughout his career, it's hard not to believe this is a personal problem. A reporter on Twitter says that's not the case (for what that's worth). I, however, tend to agree with this tweet—there is something we on the outside are missing. For the Nationals, there must be disappointment that Dukes never put it together. In 2008, in 334 plate appearances, he hit .264/.386/.478 for an OPS+ of 127. After putting up 13 HR and 13 SB, a lot of fantasy players picked him for a breakout in 2009. But it was not to be. In 416 PA in 2009, Dukes hit only .250/.337/.393, &ldq ...

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