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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.

I am sure he is selling versatility. I am just as sure he would prefer first base. If he had a choice, with similar money and one was RF and the other 1B, I firmly believe he would choose 1B team.

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

Wieters is not that good from the left side though (.713 OPS vs RHP, .821 vs LHP). We've got several pure righties with better splits than that. We'll probably be fine, but could use that extra left handed option IMO. Right now, that's Paredes who last season split .740 vs RHP and .651 vs LHP as a switch hitter. Not much better than Wieters vs RHP you can say, but better, and another option.

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

C .713 OPS

1B .730

2B .729

3B .805

SS .593

LF Kim ?

CF .795

RF Reimold .760

DH .700

I don't know about you but it looks to me we need to upgrade at more than one position v RHP

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Wieters is not that good from the left side though (.713 OPS vs RHP, .821 vs LHP). We've got several pure righties with better splits than that. We'll probably be fine, but could use that extra left handed option IMO. Right now, that's Paredes who last season split .740 vs RHP and .651 vs LHP as a switch hitter. Not much better than Wieters vs RHP you can say, but better, and another option.

If you think Buck is sitting MW based on his splits you've got another thing coming.

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If you think Buck is sitting MW based on his splits you've got another thing coming.

Um, he's catching. No he's not sitting based on splits, he's sitting when he needs a break. Paredes doesn't catch - OF/1B/DH we're talking about as another option. Kim, Davis/Alvarez/whatever, Wieters and another LH/SH in the same lineup. So we're talking about Reimold/Hoes or even Trumbo sometimes sitting.

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Wieters is not that good from the left side though (.713 OPS vs RHP, .821 vs LHP). We've got several pure righties with better splits than that. We'll probably be fine, but could use that extra left handed option IMO. Right now, that's Paredes who last season split .740 vs RHP and .651 vs LHP as a switch hitter. Not much better than Wieters vs RHP you can say, but better, and another option.

It isn't uncommon for switch hitter to switch dominant sides during their career.

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Team currently v RHP:

C .713 OPS

1B .730

2B .729

3B .805

SS .593

LF Kim ?

CF .795

RF Reimold .760

DH .700

I don't know about you but it looks to me we need to upgrade at more than one position v RHP

I'm not sure what numbers those are supposed to be, but I don't think they prove anything. They certainly don't reflect adding Davis or Alvarez, which is what I said in the post you quoted. Put enough good hitters in the lineup and they will score runs.

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Team currently v RHP:

C .713 OPS

1B .730

2B .729

3B .805

SS .593

LF Kim ?

CF .795

RF Reimold .760

DH .700

I don't know about you but it looks to me we need to upgrade at more than one position v RHP

Just for fun here's the same players vs LHP:

C .821

1B .824

2B .555 (wow)

3B .744

SS .763

LF Kim ?

CF .745

RF .757

DH .510 <--- platooned

It's actually pretty even looking right now.

Davis - .875 vs RHP, .742 vs LHP

Alvarez - .794 vs RHP, .601 vs LHP

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Just for fun here's the same players vs LHP:

C .821

1B .824

2B .555 (wow)

3B .744

SS .763

LF Kim ?

CF .745

RF .757

DH .510 <--- platooned

It's actually pretty even looking right now.

Davis - .875 vs RHP, .742 vs LHP

Alvarez - .794 vs RHP, .601 vs LHP

Except we face RHP 2-3 times as much.
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