https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03/06/eddie-rosario-nats-deal/Rosario, 32, is a career .268 hitter who spent the first six years of his major league career with the Minnesota Twins before he joined Cleveland in 2021. A left-handed hitter, he was traded to the Braves that July and helped Atlanta to the World Series title, earning National League Championship Series MVP honors along the way. He spent the past two seasons with the Braves, who declined a $9 million option for Rosario this offseason. In 142 games for the Braves last season, Rosario hit .255 with 21 home runs and a .755 OPS.
Golden can read Fangraphs player pages, too:
Rosario’s expected batting average, expected slugging percentage and expected weighted on-base average last season were all above league average, which bodes well for him heading into 2024. But he did have an alarming 43.5 percent chase rate, which was the highest since his 2015 rookie season. He swung at 57.4 percent of pitches last season, higher than the league average, but struggled to make contact.
Golden points out that, not only is Garrett recovering from his injury, but also that Gallo has been dealing with a quad injury that should push him to 1st, at least initially. Rizzo said on 106.7 that Gallo will be playing mostly 1B early on. This probably blocks Wood at the start of the year, which I/M/O is ok. I have not bought into the thought he could make the team even with a dominant spring.
Golden also suggests only one of Winker and Rosario may break camp with the Nats as their offensive profiles are similar. Unlike Winker, who is definitely a negative in the field, Rosario has been an average defensive OF for all of his career by a lot of measures.
