Yuli Gurriel Appreciation

Did he? The vast majority of first basemen are called the best in the business at digging balls out of the dirt (i.e., there usually isn't much difference between most 1B at scooping the ball out of the dirt.) The big difference is how far can a 1B play off the bag against RHBs and still get back in time to make a catch as this increases the amount of plays a 1B can make on grounders to the right side of the IF. 2021 was by far the year that Yuli made the most plays defensively at 1B.

 

Idk how anyone that watches baseball could call Yuli a bad defensive first baseman.

 

They watched him play 1B prior to 2019, and haven't adjusted their opinion. Yuli has gotten better with age, which is very rare especially for his age, but he's also got a different background than most MLB players.

 

The one game they watched yuli probably made an error

 

Same thing happened with Berkman.

 

Keith Law can eat a bag of dicks, with all due respect.

 

There’s no way you can watch Yuli play and call him a bad defensive player. That makes zero sense.

 

He's a moron. You may not be the greatest but you aren't going to be bad at defense.

 

So how many national sportswriters are on our **** list? Sadly these folks will vote against Altuve for HOF...

 

I hope not but you might be right.

 

I consider Yuli to be one of the most reliable players on the team defensively.

 

I miss gold glove first basemen that bond with trash cans

 

The Yuli Tribute video:
https://www.mlb.com/royals/video/yu...partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share

 

I was so sad when he left.

 

Hopefully they find him a spot in the org after he retires.

 

He has to be convinced his playing career is finished before he'll be ready to move on. But I thought he was ready three years ago and he appears o be of a different mindset. But I would agree he would fit in nicely in the organization in at least a liezon role.

 

Yuli is batting over .360 with an OPS over 900 since he's been back. I really wish we would have kept him.

 

Imagine resigning Yuli and using the $20 mil/yr on an upgrade someplace else (or even toward Tucker resigning him to an extension ala Yordan)

 

Yes, imagine Yuli as our 1B last year: 108G, .245 .304 .359 .663

None of yall would have complained about that, right?

 

Of course people would've complained, but if it netted keeping Tucker, worth it. #hindsight