where is his defense questionable or deteriorating? are we just making stuff up like the prez now? come on. he was a positive in the OF and has a great arm to boot.
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"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
Let me say, I don't hate Gallo. I just don't want to spend much to get him when there are better options available at cheaper or similar trade value. Years of control aren't that important to me as the prospects going away. If we're giving up 70 or 80 million (or more) in prospect value, I want a better player than Joey Gallo.
clvclv (12-27-2018)
Its not.... people who don't care to actually look at the detailed data are rolling his awful defense metrics at 3rd into his solid defense metrics in the OF and making assumptions because they are being lazy... he's actually a pretty good fielder in the OF with a rocket arm, but I hate to mess up the lazy peoples narrative
Nelson Cruz to the Twins.
So Cruz DH, Cron 1B, Sano 3B. OF of Rosario, Kepler, Buxton with Jake Cave as fourth outfielder. Also Brent Rooker in AAA.
Given their need for starting pitching, they remain a potential match for us.
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jpx7 (12-27-2018)
"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
I'm constantly amazed at how good of a hitter Cruz has stayed.
"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
Cave was a productive fourth outfielder for them last year. So maybe they promote him and trade Kepler.
Cave 2018 OPS .786 in 309 PA
Kepler 2018 OPS .727 in 611 PA
Kepler as has been discussed was a bit unlucky in having a .236 BABIP last year. His strikeout and walk rates have been trending in the right direction.
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MadduxFanII (12-27-2018)
Cron's on a one-year deal as a placeholder for Rooker and Cave's a 4th OF at best.
Unless they're punting 2019 (which would be understandable), I'm still not sure they have a massive surplus of OFs. Rooker's likely not quite as bad defensively in LF as Hoskins was, but he certainly fits better at 1B. If they're going to be aggressive with Kirilloff (early-to-mid 2020), Rosario would make the most sense if they're moving someone, but he's also obviously going to cost the most - and probably by an amount AA may not be willing to pay.
Haven't seen anyone's "fair value" proposal for Rosario, but bet it's probably higher than most would like to part with.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
thewupk (12-27-2018)
It’s been crazy quiet since the WM so I’m guessing after the 1st it’ll probably crank back up.