When's he supposed to return? Really wish we'd try a matt Adams/kemp platoon in LF to finish out season
When's he supposed to return? Really wish we'd try a matt Adams/kemp platoon in LF to finish out season
Hopefully never
He will though, so we have to find a way to get value out of him. He can't hold up every day, but he can hit when healthy... limit his innings. I think matt Adams could help do that. We'll be awful on both corner OF spots this year, but acuna will help with that in rf next season. I just want to see how productive offensively Adams and kemp can be closing out the season.
I think you have to.. but that doesn't mean Snit will
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The answer for Kemp is not to platoon him with Adams, a player who is worse at every aspect of the game than Kemp.
If the Braves are going to use Kemp in LF the answer is to sub for him defensively after his last PA of every game...last PA being defined as any time he isn't guaranteed to bat again that game.
Doing so will cut down at least 10% of the innings he is running around LF at a cost of a handful of PAs. This needs to be done as a proactive measure, rather than waiting until he is already hurt.
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It makes some sense, but it's unrealistic to expect the Braves to deploy a $33m platoon in LF. More likely we will see Acuna up and down all next season to cover for injuries to Kemp/Markakis, and to play OF in AL parks.
The Kemp acquisition was just so bad it's truly mind boggling that a MLB FO didn't realize how much it would hamstring the organization in the future.
Last edited by Enscheff; 08-06-2017 at 10:43 AM.
Kemp career 147 wRC vs lhp
Adams career 124 wRC vs rhp
I think they will do that at some point next year after Acuna is called up. It may coincide with a conveniently timed trip to the DL by one of the corner outfield incumbents. It should not be that hard to share playing time between four outfielders, especially when two are righty and two are lefty and two can play center and two have reached a point in their careers where playing everyday is detrimental.
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They have to move one of the two in the offseason. DPete is also a better option and is ready NOW (no matter the Acuna outcome).