CF55 wrote:The Kemp deal was expected just not to the Padres. The Dee Gordon trade came out of no where Friedman likes to sell high. I wasn't suggesting that we trade Puig but knowing his personality and the front offices tendencies I was just saying it was a possibility. Also Kendall wasn't a move for next season he's 2 to 3 years away when Puig will likely be gone.
I wouldn't be so sure tho. Puig has been on a cheap contract and has improved on his swing while being a top notch defensive RF who prides himself at his craft. he is still only what, 26? 27? we can and we should have him roaming around the RF for the prime years of his career. does that mean we will automatically have him? not at all. it all depends what and who's contracts come and go. if we have a chance to trade for Stanton and Puig is one of the pieces, I can't say no to that regardless of how ugly that Stanton's contract look in 7 years.
CF55 wrote: needs a shot because he isn't going to be going up and trying to hit Homers every time he steps up to the plate. Teams need more then just big bashers in the lineup. Also my suggestion is to move Taylor to 2B he's a solid defender in the OF but doesn't have a great arm. You have an OF with Verdugo and Puig in it you got 2 top tier OF throwing arms in the same OF. As for Toles I'm excited he might come back but he sucked to start the year they tried to turn hIm into a power hitter wasting his speed and overall high contact skills he had shown at the end of 2015.
Taylor's got a great arm... not sure where you are getting that info. you don't come up through the top level of minors as a SS without a great arm. he came up through the Mariners organization as a SS. if that is not enough, try an eye test.
and his throw didn't even bounce once.
CF55 wrote: everyone needs to try to hit the ball in the air to send it out of the park. And well Verdugo doesn't have HR power he has decent gap power. But the best thing about Verdugo is the lack of strikeouts. In over 400 ABs in Trip A he had 50 strikeouts. When you make contact good things can happen, when you strikeout only bad things happen. Elite defensive potential, and OBP is what we need when we already have guys like Seager Taylor Bellinger Turner to provide the home runs. To me Verdugo skillset provides the chance at better value for this team then what Joc has provided. I'm tired of guys getting on base and seeing them stranded cause everyone tries to hit a dinger instead of just taking the pitch you get and getting the runs in.
yeah but you are missing a point about guys who doesn't strike out but can't get extra base hits. OPS is fair, some are power hitters who makes outs via means of K, some don't strike out but can't move runners more than a single base at a time. Verdugo is right now, a gap hitter. but I do believe he can grow into a 20 HRs a year guy. and if he can add more power, his K rate will go up too. don't get me wrong tho, I like Alex. i think he would have made the perfect setup lefty arm out of the pen but he chose to be a position player. he can still be a regular, and I like him in that role too. but you can't put a kid on a pedestal without proving his worth. i can't have him over Puig for that reason. Puig is still a .833 OPS player in the majors. Verdugo will eventually be a good MLB player, with a decent career numbers when it is all said and done. but he will never be a HOF type of a player. Puig has that potential still.
ehhhhh f it.
). Forsythe and **** would provide a good platoon option, especially with **** also taking reps in LF. We should see a better version of Forsythe in 2018 assuming health is not an issue, but he'll likely post notably worse numbers against right-handed pitching.
