Lateral Quicks wrote:Waylon Mercy wrote:Randle McMurphy wrote:No, David Cooper has no business starting for a MLB team, let alone one that has aspirations of contending in the toughest division in baseball.
This
According to Vegas we're the 4th favorite to win the World Series now still have a lot skeptics
around baseball who don't think we're a playoff lock...
And people want to roll with David Cooper and are pointing to a minuscule sample size and
actually arguing about getting some one better unreal
The reality is that, this offseason aside, the Jays don't have infinite resources. Another lefty power bat isn't going to come cheap, whether that's in terms of tradeable assets or new dollars towards team salary. Many (not all obviously) of the same people calling for another lefty bat are also calling for them to go out and sign/trade for Greinke/King Felix/etc to bolster the rotation. It's totally unrealistic unless you expect Rogers to pony up significantly more than $120M.
As long as he doesn't have to field, David Cooper is a perfectly fine option to man DH in the bottom third of the order. The sample size I'm looking at is 2+ years of ~.950 OPS domination in Vegas, coupled with a career .750 OPS in the major leagues. He's 25 and entering the prime of his career. We don't need Bautista's up and down the lineup.
I can tell you Cooper is the complete last ditch option as full time 1B/DH...
Outside of Reyes, Cabrera, Bautista, EE and Lawrie the lineup falls off quite a bit...
There's only a few glaring holes left to fill and we have the assets and resources to fill them...
I don't want the fans getting "Travis Snider Syndrome" again falling in love with middling prospects
because of inflated numbers in the PCL.
You don't want to be going to war in September into Yankee Stadium or Fenway or The Trop with
David Cooper as an everyday player. Bench guy? fine everyday player no way.