Adam Conley is a name I've heard that I'd like to see in the pen.
Against righties he has a .763 OPS right now. He isn't that much better against righties. The difference is that he absolutely murders left handed pitching and plays insanely awful defense. Does he make the bench better? Yeah definitely. But he doesn't really solve the proposed problem that we have which is finding someone to hit righties. I wouldn't want him starting anywhere for us defensively, and it seems like the reason you would acquire him is to start him at 3rd. It seems like acquiring a platoon guy for righties that doesn't play terrible defense would be the move that helped our team much more and could probably be had for less.
It could be that we were just gauging the cost. If it's low enough compared to the price of other players then it starts to make a little more sense.
First, I'm not selling him as anything other than interesting. The Braves are the ones apparently scouting him.
Second, I think Castellanos is a good hitter who can improve the Braves depth and bench. Whether or not he starts at any particular position, I don't know. Clearly his defense is not good. But it needs to be noted he's better vs LHP and RHP than Camargo with the bat. His defense seems to suck. I haven't spent any great time watching him play but the numbers sure seem to show that.
Third, I don't particularly believe in Camargo. He played clearly above his head in Mar/April. Since then he's been a 108 wRC+ whose walk rate is regressing to his norm. That said, I'm not sure it will make sense to upgrade Camargo this trade season. It should definitely be on the agenda this offseason. Depending on where some of the 3B pieces fall, Atlanta may well be in a position to do just that.
Tapate50 (07-24-2018)
i think it's more likely camargo and castellanos end up similar hitters this year than castellanos continues to hit at this level.
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
Southcack77 (07-24-2018)
Solarte or Yandy Diaz would be nice. Especially since Solarte would be controllable next season. Diaz just keeps getting yo yo'd by Cle. I get it, but dang he feels like he should be sticking in MLB.
Ivermectin Man
Southcack77 (07-24-2018)
Agree with encheff, he’s an excellent utility guy on a contending team. With Riley being hurt some we may not have enough AAA info on him by the end of the season to hand him 3b next year and with Soroka having a hurt shoulder who knows what that outcome will be so we could end up needing another good starter too.