Been playing with sortable stats and doing some research on 2B who hit righties exceptionally well. Thinking originally was that maybe there's someone out there who could work his way into a platoon at 2nd if things with Escobar don't go as well as prophesied.
This 25 year-old left-handed batter was the Marlins' opening day starter at second, and seemingly has fallen off their depth chart these days... literally, fallen off... even as he remains on their 40-man. So, one would surmise he might come fairly cheap. His 2014 was marred by some defensive issues and a substantial period (~2 mos) on the DL for a right wrist sprain. In spite of all of that, his offensive numbers however are pretty likeable...
As a prospect, he projected as a Dan Uggla or just as often based on what I've read, eventually as a 3B convert... good arm, but limited on the range. But the most recent thing said the Marlins' braintrust were thinking OF or 1B:
Hints to me that there are just some substantial doubts regarding his throwing accuracy since the arm strength evidently was never in doubt.
Nonetheless... on balance, I'm wondering if he wouldn't be a reasonably good fit on our bench (?).
