I'm trying to think so they always call a fielder's choice an out? If the play isn't even remotely close to 2nd or 3rd base?
It all works out until it doesn't. Might be Bregman. Might be Tucker, or Framber, or whoever. The answer was easier with Correa because we had a built in replacement in Pena. Tucker was up and coming when Springer left. Who's the in house 3B option who takes over?
I think Dezenzo and Wagner were being groomed to take Alex's place after his departure, so I guess Dezenzo.
Tucker and Jabreu -- one is injured, the other sucked to high heaven. The offense is missing two above-average/great hitters and were forced to play too many guys who are barely major leaguers. Chas isn't helping with his 250 OPS drop-off from last season. Espada is trying his best to maximize production by playing Caratini and Diaz at 1B. Maybe Dezenzo can at least be league average.
That's not remotely realistic. Every projection I've seen has it right at $30 million per. Crane refuses to sign anyone beyond a 6 yr period, and he's rarely even gone to 6. Certainly based on a 6 yr deal, the number STARTS at $30 million. I'm not enthused on signing a 31 year old player to $30+ million a year for 6 years. There is gonna come a year sooner than later than the April/May swoon ends up elongating itself and ending in a dismal season.
He’s had games where he made a great catch and was benched the next day. I don’t think it matters to Joe.
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It hasn't helped that even with Bregman's recent hot streak, this is the worst offensive season of his career barring his rookie year. His plate discipline in terms of not striking out is still elite, which is a skill that ages very well, but it has regressed from last year. What's more concerning is that his walk rate tanked from 12.7% to 7.1% from last year, which tanked his OBP% from .370 for his career to .320 this year. That alone turns him from a borderline all star (4.9 and 4.6 bWAR the last two years) to a high end role player (3.9 bWAR this year if given 720 PAs), which could be a scary decline at 31. As long as he can keep up the plate discipline and pray that this season's OBP was an outlier, he should be productive well into his mid 30s. The question for him is price. I'd go at most 6-150, before this year he was looking at 7-210 at least.
