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durtymrclean
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Only outfielder I see in trades that can save this nosediving offense.
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Get StartedHe strikes out even more often than when he was here. He has good power and OBP though.. two things nobody outside of Cabrera and Vmart have for us.
His slugging is .392. I'm not sure I'd call 20 DBS and 15 HR as power..JD and Hunter have 20 and 15.
Thats being dragged down by his abysmal april, when he slugged .216 and had an OPS of .468. Since then, he's slashed .254/.355/.440/.795. I'd take an ~.800 OPS from a lefty corner OF.
That being said, he IS making a lot of money, so like I said earlier I'd only take him if the Mets ate some of that contract, which isnt likely.
I'm not big on "we need a LHB"...first though, he has a .586 OPS after All Star break, second he's slash line vs RHP is worse than his slash line against LHP. So I'm not sure that helps.
Since he's been above average vs both, I'm not sure why you're suggesting him hitting lefties better as a bad thing, especially since he's historically struggled with them. I think its a good thing to see from him.
As for his after-the-break slump, well our entire damn team has been slumping too. Its a moderately small sample size as well. I'd trust him to break out of it at some point just like our offense as a whole is going to.
Only outfielder I see in trades that can save this nosediving offense.
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