Also I think that would be dumb of Pittsburg not to do (in a vacuum I mean). Maybe someone else gives you better players but that plenty enough that they should be happy to do that. Cruz isn’t the difference between them contending or not on the skenes tineline.
At what cost? I'd rather have a solid vet who can get on base for the next few years than take up a spot with an unproven, swing happy slugger who'll find his way out of the league soon. There's a reason why Cruz would be available for a discount if we got him that way because these guys are not rare.
He's a total disaster on defense no matter where you put him. Pitt has already bailed on him as a SS, and he's awkward as **** in CF. He's a K machine at the plate. He is very athletic though.
I wouldn't give up that much for Cruz. Only way I would give up that much for Cruz is if I thought he could become a star level player, which I dont think that's going to happen.
He'd be a complete disaster at 2B, c'mon don't play around His ideal positions are "batter's box" and "temporarily standing on 1B"
He hasn’t even been a bad CF…what are y’all talking about? Dude has a cannon and has 3 OAA this season I agree I wouldn’t put him at 2B though
Anyone can play LF that’s ambulatory. Sort of. I’m not worried about a world class athlete playing LF especially at the ice box.
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/oneil-cruz-665833?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb You’re telling me that’s the profile of someone who “can’t play LF” at Daikin…
@Snake Diggit what would be a trade package for both Mitch Keller and Edward Cabrera? Keller has team control for another couple of years at a reasonable cost for low end #2/high end #3 SP.
I think somebody is gonna overpay for Keller. But for Houston I think it would cost something like Matthews, Melton, and Ullola. I would not want Houston to make that trade. Cabrera’s value is harder to peg. On paper his value is not that high. Something like Ullola, Matthews, and a couple of lesser prospects would be reasonable.
