Goodbye Lewin Diaz

[Bahama O's Fan]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/braves-acquire-lewin-diaz-from-orioles.html

[ChosenOne21]

At least we got cash, lol

[Roll Tide]

That was fast

[Redskins Rick]

He had so much hype, when he came here.

[btdart20]

6 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

He had so much hype, when he came here.

And much ridicule as well...  Yet the Atlanta Braves (a playoff team who many respect for how they identify and retain young talent) validated our waiver claim by giving us money for him.

[Redskins Rick]

6 minutes ago, btdart20 said:

And much ridicule as well...  Yet the Atlanta Braves (a playoff team who many respect for how they identify and retain young talent) validated our waiver claim by giving us money for him.

I think some fans were just really sad/hurt to see Manny go.

[Frobby]

1 minute ago, Redskins Rick said:

I think some fans were just really sad/hurt to see Manny go.

You’re talking about Yusniel Diaz, who we got in the Manny trade.  This is Lewin Diaz, who we acquired on waivers 2-3 weeks ago.  

[Redskins Rick]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

You’re talking about Yusniel Diaz, who we got in the Manny trade.  This is Lewin Diaz, who we acquired on waivers 2-3 weeks ago.  

Geeze, thanks, sorry about that.

So this is Lewin, we hardly knew you. 

[Jammer7]

Interesting that Atlanta has room for him. 

[Number5]

He' taking a tour this winter.

 

[RZNJ]

28 minutes ago, Jammer7 said:

Interesting that Atlanta has room for him. 

3 teams have had room for him.   Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Atlanta.    Looks like Atlanta will take him to ST and see if he can make their team.  He's out of options.  He's got talent for sure but so far he's only proven to be a AAAA player.   He repeated AAA and his numbers were almost exactly the same as his first time so I don't see progress there.   Having said that, I wanted to find a way to hold onto a player who hit 39 homers in AAA in little over a full season and supposedly has a GG caliber glove at 1B.   The problem is that he wasn't going to make the team and he would have been exposed sometime in March anyway.

[Tony-OH]

Diaz has 343 major league plate appearances to show he can't hit major league pitching. His 5% sprint speed and 1% arm strength say he needs to stick at 1B unless you want worse than Mancini like outfield work. His EVs are average and his MAX EVs are ok, but not amazing. He's the kind of guy you can kick the tires on but if you need room, like the Orioles did, he's a guy you can DFA. 

Now, the most interesting part in all of this is Diaz is the last position player tat I would shrug my shoulders if we lose. With him and Nevin gone, the guys on the bubble would now be pitchers in Krehbiel, Politi, Cano or Vallimont.

 

[Jammer7]

2 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Diaz has 343 major league plate appearances to show he can't hit major league pitching. His 5% sprint speed and 1% arm strength say he needs to stick at 1B unless you want worse than Mancini like outfield work. His EVs are average and his MAX EVs are ok, but not amazing. He's the kind of guy you can kick the tires on but if you need room, like the Orioles did, he's a guy you can DFA. 

Now, the most interesting part in all of this is Diaz is the last position player tat I would shrug my shoulders if we lose. With him and Nevin gone, the guys on the bubble would now be pitchers in Krehbiel, Politi, Cano or Vallimont.

 

What about Zimmermann? I think he goes before Cano or Vallimont, unless there is some big breakthrough in Zimm taking to the “secret sauce.” lol

[sportsfan8703]

3 hours ago, btdart20 said:

And much ridicule as well...  Yet the Atlanta Braves (a playoff team who many respect for how they identify and retain young talent) validated our waiver claim by giving us money for him.

Yeah, I think Davis was in the mold of Mateo, Perez, and Urias. Not just a waiver claim, but a former top prospect waiver claim that just hadn’t put it together at the MLB level. Our offseason would probably be done with him as the 4th bat for the bench, now we have to find someone. Hosmer?  
 

This move gives me Ji-man Choi vibes. 

[sportsfan8703]

13 minutes ago, Jammer7 said:

What about Zimmermann? I think he goes before Cano or Vallimont, unless there is some big breakthrough in Zimm taking to the “secret sauce.” lol

Cano, Vallimont, and Politi, are all three RH relievers that I’d give up wayyy before thinking about Khreibel.