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12-19-2017, 02:08 PM | #1876 |
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Yes, basically the "good" Kolten Wong for shortstop. Someone who can work a count, get on base at about a .350 clip, slug somewhere around .400 and provide solid defense, both range and reliability.
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12-19-2017, 02:15 PM | #1877 | |
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12-19-2017, 02:48 PM | #1878 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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As for availability - SS has gotten pretty thin apart from the superstars. It's tough to locate a 'middle class' shortstop tier right now. The person you're describing is probably Elvis Andrus though. |
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12-19-2017, 03:03 PM | #1879 |
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12-19-2017, 03:09 PM | #1880 | ||
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I think Profar is a bust, and Texas continues to want non-bust prices for him. Quote:
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12-19-2017, 03:10 PM | #1881 | |
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That combination of bad and still in the lineup is pretty unparalleled. And to get it from a player that isn't really all that expensive on a team who's top prospect is ALSO a shortstop....man, I do not understand Yost's fascination with Alcides Escobar. Escobar has one decent season in the last 5 and that one decent season was fueled by one extremely good month. Apart from that extremely brief stretch in 2014, he's been a genuinely bad baseball player for half a decade. Yet every day, like clockwork, he's in the lineup and usually at/near the top of the order. I mean ultimately all Yost has to do is say 'Scoreboard bitches" and I kinda have to shut up. But still...damn it's hard to find a guy with that long a period of poor production who has gotten to stay in the lineup. |
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12-19-2017, 03:12 PM | #1882 | |
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He's exactly the kind of guy you'd bring in if you didn't trust DeJong. Which tells me that the Cardinals trust DeJong. Which worries me greatly... |
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12-19-2017, 03:16 PM | #1883 |
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That Angels D is going to be phenomenal, though.
I like the lineup, too, especially if Otani adds the LH thump he has the potential to add. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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12-19-2017, 03:19 PM | #1884 | |
The Insider
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But he is done. I was being a smart ass when I posted his picture. |
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12-19-2017, 03:38 PM | #1885 | |
Now you've pissed me off!
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Hit him seventh and that problem largely goes away. |
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12-19-2017, 03:39 PM | #1886 |
Now you've pissed me off!
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12-19-2017, 03:43 PM | #1887 | |
Now you've pissed me off!
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Maybe he's just a really good hitter with a bad injury history instead of just a fluke? |
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12-19-2017, 04:02 PM | #1888 |
Greatest QB Duo of 2015
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I am pretty content with the lineup currently. Only thing I'd want an upgrade on would be someone who can split time with DeJong at SS and play adequate defense and offense.
Gyorko doesn't really need anyone like that. I am starting to believe Wong doesn't either. I still don't like Grichuk, but him as a 4th OF is perfectly fine. |
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12-19-2017, 04:32 PM | #1889 | |
Comfortably Numb
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12-19-2017, 04:38 PM | #1890 | |
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None of this matters anyway, because Matheny will hit him 5th or 6th where he can kill rallies hitting into double plays. |
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