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11 minutes ago, LookinUp said:

I know he's not a DFA guy, but he's a guy that I'd be motivated to trade. Someone would make a deal. You're not getting premium value, so it shouldn't be hard to agree on a profile of a guy and make a trade.

I'd be fine with trading Urias. 

I rather have him as my utility infielder than Mateo though.  One of them needs to go IMO.  I don't see how Holliday and Mayo both fit into roster without that happening and it's tough to imagine them not both being on the club by the end of May. 

Perhaps Mountcastle could be traded, but I see this as an unlikely scenario.  Urias or Mateo should be very easy to move. Take whatever decent bullpen arm you can get, or just cut them loose. 

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I have no idea how they will be able to look him in the eyes and tell them he's going back to AAA. He looks not only ready, but looks ready to be an impact hitter.  Mayo needs to be the everyday

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I know this question was not directed to me, but I saw Mayo play around 8-10 games in Norfolk last year when I was in VAB. I have been consistently impressed by his lateral movement. He obviously has

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45 minutes ago, emmett16 said:

Huh?  McKenna is a career .5 WAR player in 447 ABs.  In a little over double that Urias is a 7.6 WAR player.  He's far above McKenna and not close to a scrub.  Urias shows up and puts up numbers consistently on both sides of the ball.  McKenna is a defensive replacement who is prone to being an airhead at times. 

McKenna is a career 74 OPS+ vs. Urias 106 OPS+ 

Your last comment checks, I'd like to move on from him also, but let's not treat him like he's chopped liver. 

Yeah, I should have been more clear. I don't equate McKenna and Urias in terms of value on a sheet of paper. However, for this team, I'd argue their place on the team provides negative value on paper when considering the people they'd be keeping from the team.

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Interesting tidbit from Fangraphs today re: Mayo's defense.

"Whether Mayo is an eventual threat to Westburg’s playing time will depend on just how good his glove is. He hasn’t gotten rave reviews with the leather, but ZiPS, which uses a probability-based defensive metric based on coordinate data for minor leaguers, thinks he’s much better than his reputation. For what it’s worth, this same methodology was going nuts for Ke’Bryan Hayes practically the second he became a professional."

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