Jacob Young, Bonafide MLB'er?

[nobleisthyname]

Reading through the comments really highlights how stacked CF defense was this year. Young's a very defensible pick but not necessarily a lock.

[Smithian]

Imagine our pitching stats if an average defender was playing between Winker and Rosario for first part of the season!

[imref]

Imagine our pitching stats if an average defender was playing between Winker and Rosario for first part of the season!

You mean like Robles?

[welch]

Wood-Young-Crews compared to Verdugo-Judge-Soto?

[Slateman]

Wood-Young-Crews compared to Verdugo-Judge-Soto?

They play the outfield. That's about where the comparisons end.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

They play the outfield. That's about where the comparisons end.

Wood will be Judge's size.

[welch]

Verdugo is a respectable LF. Hits .233. Soto has always been a below average fielder. Soto looks gone from the Yankees, so RF is a zero. Judge is a great hitter and a good fielder. First thought: Yankees needed to offer enough to get Lane Thomas, who can play RF and who is a better hitter than Verdugo.

When the Nats buy a slugging 1B, like Pete Alonson, and find an ace pitcher, Nats will be fine. Meanwhile, Cashman has put together a bad team. Cole plus a bad bullpen.

[varoadking]

Verdugo is a respectable LF. Hits .233. Soto has always been a below average fielder. Soto looks gone from the Yankees, so RF is a zero. Judge is a great hitter and a good fielder. First thought: Yankees needed to offer enough to get Lane Thomas, who can play RF and who is a better hitter than Verdugo.

When the Nats buy a slugging 1B, like Pete Alonson, and find an ace pitcher, Nats will be fine. Meanwhile, Cashman has put together a bad team. Cole plus a bad bullpen.

Why would you think Soto leaves the Evil Empire?

I thought Thomas just signed a 2 year extension in Cleveland?  Would take some doing to get him, I would think...

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Verdugo is a respectable LF. Hits .233. Soto has always been a below average fielder. Soto looks gone from the Yankees, so RF is a zero. Judge is a great hitter and a good fielder.

I suspect Judge to right, Dominguez to center is the default until / unless they bring in another outfielder. It does stick them with playing Verdugo, who playable but not somebody who moves the needle forward.

[Slateman]

Verdugo is a respectable LF. Hits .233. Soto has always been a below average fielder. Soto looks gone from the Yankees, so RF is a zero. Judge is a great hitter and a good fielder. First thought: Yankees needed to offer enough to get Lane Thomas, who can play RF and who is a better hitter than Verdugo.

When the Nats buy a slugging 1B, like Pete Alonson, and find an ace pitcher, Nats will be fine. Meanwhile, Cashman has put together a bad team. Cole plus a bad bullpen.

Lol, bad team that went to the World Series. Okay

[Senatorswin]

Lol, bad team that went to the World Series. Okay

Who in the American League was better.

[varoadking]

Who in the American League was better.

Nobody...

[imref]

Robbed.

[Slateman]

4th outfielders don't get awards. Bench this dude for a guy who can hit 30 bombs.

[Smithian]

4th outfielders don't get awards. Bench this dude for a guy who can hit 30 bombs.

If we had a 30 HR player, he'd be at 1B or DH.

[nobleisthyname]

That definitely sucked. The Nationals' gold glove drought continues.

[imref]

I don't understand how he didn't win the GG, he had far better fielding stats than Doyle from what I saw.

[Senatorswin]

4th outfielders don't get awards. Bench this dude for a guy who can hit 30 bombs.

Center fielders who hit 30 bombs are rare to say the least. Unless their name is Aaron Judge, Julio Rodriguez or MAYBE Mike Trout center fielders prevent doubles and triples and leave the 30 bombs to others.

[imref]

Center fielders who hit 30 bombs are rare to say the least. Unless their name is Aaron Judge, Julio Rodriguez or MAYBE Mike Trout center fielders prevent doubles and triples and leave the 30 bombs to others.

Seems we're wasting Crews in RF though. I haven't looked at stats, but it seems that he can more than hold his own in CF, allowing us to put, say Juan Soto, in RF?

[welch]

Young was robbed. He deserved the GG.

[nobleisthyname]

Seems we're wasting Crews in RF though. I haven't looked at stats, but it seems that he can more than hold his own in CF, allowing us to put, say Juan Soto, in RF?

We're not getting Soto. What are the other corner outfield FA options?

[Slateman]

Weak arm. Doyle played outstanding defense in an incredibly difficult ball park. He's the more rounded CFer.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Weak arm. Doyle played outstanding defense in an incredibly difficult ball park. He's the more rounded CFer.

ya. Young was in a class by himself getting to balls but Doyle was more of a complete package. I would have still gone with Young, but I think some drops and failures to finish plays in August  and September (hard for me to call them all errors) hurt him.

[imref]

No. Give Call his spot.

[imref]

Call starting over Young again today.