Pache needs to stay down. Starling Marte is the clear choice for an upgrade but I'm sure he will be heavily sought after at the deadline.
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Were you guys talking about Starling or Ketwl Marte earlier? They both could make sense but different types of deals.
Setting the minimum PAs at 50, there are 58 guys in MLB who meet FG's definition of "CFer".
Of those, only 29 guys have an xwOBA over .310 as a CFer.
Counting the sellers to be: Marlins, Reds, Pirates, Rockies, DBacks, Os, Tigers, Twins, Ms, Rangers and Angels (and removing guys like Buxton and Trout) gives us this list:
Naquin - cheap rental, bats LHH, might be a decent Ender replacement
Senzel - almost certainly not available
Marte - premium rental bat on the market
Reynolds - pre-arb guy who's the ideal leadoff candidate...probably unavailable
Lewis - pre-arb guy who's probably not getting traded
Garcia - oddest breakout of the season, and I don't think I'd want to risk buying fools gold
So we are looking at Naquin to replace Ender, or Marte to be an additional impact bat.
I imagine every contender will be after Marte, and the price will be understandably high...if the Marlins even become sellers. I would LOVE Reynolds, but so would 20 other teams.
Naquin and his .794 OPS vs RHP would fit well on this roster as a replacement for Ender. Heredia would have to be used to limit his exposure to LHP.
My choice is to grab Naquin for whatever poo-poo platter of arms the Reds want just like they took for Adam Duvall, then ride a Naquin/Heredia platoon in CF to glory untold.
But really, I think AA should focus on arms...specifically 1-2 RHP out of the BP and maybe a SP like Jon Gray.
“To cf glory untold “
I literally laughed pretty hard at that
How worried would you be if you were a Mets fan about lindor?
So it seems there is no interest to shift Acuna back to CF for another go. I would think looking at RFers would be practical this year and then see how it all fits when or if Pache/Waters/Harris progress.
Outside of 2018, Lindor wasn’t really that elite offensively. This is the 4th year in a row where his average exit velocity on LD/FB has declined.
He’s also rocking an absurdly low .210 BABIP.
So his 2021 is some combination of early decline, bad luck, and not really being an elite offensive player to begin with.
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