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Maybe HOU wouldn’t offer the option with buyout? Maybe his wife prefers the cold? Maybe Cruz wants to be the centerpiece of the offense? Maybe he...
It was fun, snake.
You didn’t even bother to examine your 5 players. I took 30 seconds to look at Blanco and see that he hasn’t been relevant in 3 years. No way he...
Hmmm—maybe the Gerrit Cole trade is evidence. 4 ‘mediocre’ Kemp like players for SP1 Cole. The key to that return was upside.
You are asking for me to find a needle in a haystack. If you think the opposite is easy to proof, go for it. Find the Tony Kemp type player coming...
How about you give me one example of a player coming off his first season in MLB with more than 200 PA that hit BA .263, OBP .351, OPS .743, OPS+...
The relevance is that Cruz took another team’s offer rather than ours. You’re arguing that we didn’t offer enough? Could be a # of factors.
How many players do you judge based on their first 175 plate appearances? Disagree that he’s not a good defender. Definitely needs to improve...
You have no idea what we offered him, or IF there was even an offer after the Brantley signing.
Blanco is 34 and hasn’t had a OPS+ close to 90 since 2015. When exactly was he DFA’d??
You are using ‘career’ stat references for a functional rookie. Invalid point. Dude has about 500 PAs and had his first real season last year—when...
Gregor blanco—BA .217, OBP .262, OPS .580, OPS+ 60. Comon man. At least verify your stats!
So no evidence? Just a gut feel? Ok, I guess the argument ends here then.
I don’t think we passed on Cruz. I think he passed on us.
Not meaningless at all. Key piece.
Rather than require me to find evidence for you, why don’t you go find comparables for your argument. I already rebutted your claim that Kemp...
It’s more likely that he is dealt to a rebuilding team as part of a larger PKG for a starting pitcher.
Prior to this year Kemp had 175 PA. Obviously last year was his first real shot and a breakout year. You don’t DFA players coming off a year with...
And you think this....why?
Really?? BA .263, OBP .351, OPS .743, OPS+ 108 All above league average.
