Offseason Rumors and Deals Around MLB

[ChuckS]

I think Davis wants 1B and perhaps a guarantee of playing there the vast majority of games. You don't take your highest paid player and put him in a position he doesn't want to play. Those that think the man is an average outfielder have orange colored glasses. His arm is decent that's about it.

I never heard of Chris Davis not liking the OF. Also, I'm sure Scott Boras is talking up his versatility of being able to play multiple positions to get more money rather than telling teams he insists on playing 1B only.

He's a slightly below average RF from what I've seen. The more he plays there likely the better he would do. For one year I don't see a problem with it.

[Enjoy Terror]

The point is; there is plenty of room for Davis, Trumbo, and Alvarez. That lineup is fairly potent with a ton of protection.

[mdbdotcom]

The point is; there is plenty of room for Davis, Trumbo, and Alvarez. That lineup is fairly potent with a ton of protection.

But that isn't true. If we sign Davis, we shouldn't sign Alvarez. If we've already signed Alvarez and then sign Davis, we should trade Trumbo. We saw last year just how fielding dependent our pitching is. We need a right fielder to play right field. If we have Davis and either Trumbo or Alvarez, he doesn't need to add much offensively.

[El Gordo]

But that isn't true. If we sign Davis, we shouldn't sign Alvarez. If we've already signed Alvarez and then sign Davis, we should trade Trumbo. We saw last year just how fielding dependent our pitching is. We need a right fielder to play right field. If we have Davis and either Trumbo or Alvarez, he doesn't need to add much offensively.

We need another LH bat whether at RF or DH. Only LH OF bat currently is Henry. DH Paredes.

[mdbdotcom]

Jon Heyman reports hearing that the Mets are taking a look at Steve Pearce.

[mdbdotcom]

We need another LH bat whether at RF or DH. Only LH OF bat currently is Henry. DH Paredes.

Kim is a LH bat. If we sign Davis, he is a LH bat.

[mdbdotcom]

We need another LH bat whether at RF or DH. Only LH OF bat currently is Henry. DH Paredes.

If the first 8 batters in the lineup are:

Kim

Machado

Davis

Jones

Trumbo

Wieters

Schoop

Hardy

... then I don't care if they re-sign David Lough and put him in RF. This lineup (in any order) would score a lot of runs.

[El Gordo]

Kim is a LH bat. If we sign Davis, he is a LH bat.

That leaves with RH bats only in RF and at DH. Trumbo's splits v RHP is .730 OPS. Unless you are counting of Paredes and Urrutia.

[mdbdotcom]

That leaves with RH bats only in RF and at DH. Trumbo's splits v RHP is .730 OPS. Unless you are counting of Paredes and Urrutia.

If Cespedes is the RH bat in RF, would that be okay? The Blue Jays do pretty well with an almost all RH lineup.

[El Gordo]

If Cespedes is the RH bat in RF, would that be okay? The Blue Jays do pretty well with an almost all RH lineup.

It's all about the splits v RHP, we don't have good splits v RHP at RF and DH.

[mdbdotcom]

It's all about the splits v RHP, we don't have good splits v RHP at RF and DH.

Well, we aren't going to have them at every spot in the lineup; no team does.

[El Gordo]

Well, we aren't going to have them at every spot in the lineup; no team does.

We have good splits v RHP from Manny, AJ, and hopefully Kim. That leaves 6 spots in the lineup not so good. A little unbalanced don't you think? Davis/Avarez would make 4.

[El Gordo]

Well, we aren't going to have them at every spot in the lineup; no team does.

We have good splits v RHP from Manny and AJ. The rest not so much. That's a little unbalanced don't you think?

[backwardsk]

Jon Heyman reports hearing that the Mets are taking a look at Steve Pearce.

That would be a good spot for him. I wish him well.

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[mdbdotcom]

We have good splits v RHP from Manny and AJ. The rest not so much. That's a little unbalanced don't you think?

If we sign Davis or Alvarez to go along with Kim and Wieters as lefties in the lineup, I think we'll be fine.