My point is that none of these guys offer much upside over Robles. Might as well let Robles play this year and see if he can grow up. He’s not blocking Hassell yet.
So I disagree with that.
You could play Thomas in CF for the whole year and see if he improves a bit. He will never be a gold glove, but making him average to slightly above average defender turns him into a good CF on a competitive team.
I'm also high on Stone Garrett. He has the speed to play CF. Dont know if he didnt with Arizona because they felt like he couldnt, or because he was blocked by other prospects (Carroll and Thomas). Garrett's EV looked great and he has 20+ homer pop.
Im not saying theyre better, but they have more upside than Robles at this point. And in a year where we're basically looking to develop players and improve the farm team, its totally justifiable to play these guys over the elite defender with 3 seasons of ~.600 OPS.
