Aaron Altherr DFA'd

[wildcard]

I'd take him over Rickard.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/05/phillies-designate-aaron-altherr-for-assignment.html

[Frobby]

Any relation to Alec Asher?  

[Tx Oriole]

9 minutes ago, wildcard said:

I'd take him over Rickard.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/05/phillies-designate-aaron-altherr-for-assignment.html

Why not bring up Williams then? If he is better than Rickard. I really don’t know anything about Altherr. I’d rather the team see what they already have than sign a player from another team that been DFA.

[wildcard]

5 minutes ago, Tx Oriole said:

Why not bring up Williams then? If he is better than Rickard. I really don’t know anything about Altherr. I’d rather the team see what they already have than sign a player from another team that been DFA.

Altherr has had two season where he was over an 800 OPS in the majors.  That is what I see as attractive.  Maybe Don Long could fit him.

[Tx Oriole]

42 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Altherr has had two season where he was over an 800 OPS in the majors.  That is what I see as attractive.  Maybe Don Long could fit him.

Maybe so. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Doesn’t play CF pass.

[MurphDogg]

8 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Doesn’t play CF pass.

Uh, he does play CF. Perhaps not particularly well, but no reason to think Wilkerson is any better.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 minute ago, MurphDogg said:

Uh, he does play CF. Perhaps not particularly well, but no reason to think Wilkerson is any better.

So still a no then. Let Rickard play CF. 

[MurphDogg]

14 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

So still a no then. Let Rickard play CF. 

He is 28 years old (only 4 months older than Rickard) and hit .272/.340/.516 in 2017. Those are numbers Rickard could only dream of. He is an ideal rehab project on a team that has nothing to play for. If he bounces back anywhere near his 2017 level he would have a ton of trade value as he is arbitration eligible for two more season after this one.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

He is 28 years old (only 4 months older than Rickard) and hit .272/.340/.516 in 2017. Those are numbers Rickard could only dream of. He is an ideal rehab project on a team that has nothing to play for. If he bounces back anywhere near his 2017 level he would have a ton of trade value as he is arbitration eligible for two more season after this one.

Not interested in a 28 years old player whose career has been extremely uneven and isn’t a plus defender in CF. 

[Can_of_corn]

8 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

He is 28 years old (only 4 months older than Rickard) and hit .272/.340/.516 in 2017. Those are numbers Rickard could only dream of. He is an ideal rehab project on a team that has nothing to play for. If he bounces back anywhere near his 2017 level he would have a ton of trade value as he is arbitration eligible for two more season after this one.

I don't think a couple of good months will translate into a ton of trade value.

[eddie83]

Does he get out of the NL unclaimed?  

[Camden_yardbird]

11 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Not interested in a 28 years old player whose career has been extremely uneven and isn’t a plus defender in CF. 

JD Martinez has something to say to you.

[MurphDogg]

12 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't think a couple of good months will translate into a ton of trade value.

He is arbitration eligible for another two years. I don't think six weeks is going to do it (nor do I think he is likely to rediscover his form in six weeks), but whether it is this offseason or next trade deadline he could certainly offer trade value and is much more likely to do so than Joey Rickard. If he is terrible with consistent at-bats for the rest of the season then non-tender him, but if your best alternative is Joey Rickard, then I would go with the guy who has had success at the Major League level.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, MurphDogg said:

He is arbitration eligible for another two years. I don't think six weeks is going to do it (nor do I think he is likely to rediscover his form in six weeks), but whether it is this offseason or next trade deadline he could certainly offer trade value and is much more likely to do so than Joey Rickard.

Sure, more than Rickard.