Day-0 - The Arrival of Daylen Lile

[ChiliPalmer14]

Lile, Young and Hassell, and Crews are young athletic outfielders.  While Lile will probably always be a corner, the other three make me think a little about Lorenzo Cain.  Cain was near but below average until he was 28.  After that he posted three seasons in which he was probably a top 20 position player in MLB.  Another where he was probably top 50.  Young is 25, Lile is 22, Crews is 23 and Hassell is 23.  I'd happily take a Lorenzo Cain career from Young and/or Hassell and/or Lile.  Crews has higher expectations, of course.  Young probably has the lowest projected ceiling.

Young has played 224 games.  Here's how he and Cain stack up after their first 224 games:

Young:  25 years old, 769 PA, 83 OPS+, 3.7 WAR, 51 SB
Cain:  27 years old, 864 PA, 89 OPS+, 6.7 WAR, 30 SB

By the age of 25, Cain had a grand total of 51 MLB hits.  So, I'm glad I'm not the GM.  It'd surprise me if neither Hassell, Lile nor Young had a similar trajectory.  Because unless Wood is moved to 1B/DH, one or two probably has to go. I'd hate to choose the wrong one(s).

[JCA-CrystalCity]

My first instinct was to say LoCain had more power than Young ever would have, but his biggest seasons for HRs were a 15 and a 16. I think that might be a stretch for Young, but it's not outrageous. I could see Hassell doing that or maybe even more consistent teens power.

With only a 6 point difference in OPS+, hard to see how Cain has more WAR than young over the first 760-860 PAs.