yeezus
It's OVER 5,000!
Quentin is far, far worse.
Carlos Quentin
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Quentin is far, far worse.
Quentin can't even man LF as a butcher. He literally got so bad that he is now strictly a 1b/OF. Gomes may suck, but Quentin is a whole new level of suck.
Also, do people not realize that Quentin was worse than BJ in 2014?
yeezus
It's OVER 5,000!
No, he is ONLY a DH. He cannot be put out in the OF. That is why no NL team wants him. Gomes is bad. Quentin is not even passably bad. Plus, HE CAN'T STAY HEALTHY. You cannot put him out there to be terrible for even 80 games, because he will get hurt doing so. At least Gomes will play and mash lefties.
weso1
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Gomes really hasn't been that far away from Quentin even as an offensive player throughout their careers. Gomes has a career .776 OPs and Quentin is at .831
Both were terrible last year, with Quentin being about .100 OPS points worse.
Is there really enough offensive improvement there to warrant exchanging a really good clubhouse presence with a really bad clubhouse presence?
Sure by some miracle Quentin could rebound, but so could Gomes as well.
So without even taking defense into account, I don't think there's a justification to swap the two.
Both were terrible last year, with Quentin being about .100 OPS points worse.
Is there really enough offensive improvement there to warrant exchanging a really good clubhouse presence with a really bad clubhouse presence?
Sure by some miracle Quentin could rebound, but so could Gomes as well.
So without even taking defense into account, I don't think there's a justification to swap the two.
The are pretty much equally bad in the field. Metrics tend to like Quentin in the field a little better.
I think Gomes wins because he was selected to sign as a FA and has been on the roster while SD forced Quentin on us. So, without a huge difference between the two in any way/shape/form, Gomes "gets" to stay while Quentin "has to go." Personally, I think Quentin is a better player as he was able to actually put up some good offensive seasons in SD, which is damn near impossible while Gomes got to play in Cincy/Boston.
I think Gomes wins because he was selected to sign as a FA and has been on the roster while SD forced Quentin on us. So, without a huge difference between the two in any way/shape/form, Gomes "gets" to stay while Quentin "has to go." Personally, I think Quentin is a better player as he was able to actually put up some good offensive seasons in SD, which is damn near impossible while Gomes got to play in Cincy/Boston.
OPS+ is 120 to 107, which is a pretty significant difference.
Sorry, that was supposed to say 1b/DH. He was playing 1b all spring.