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Well, Cf is as close to a stacked position as the Nats have, but, yes, I don't see anyone saying CJ's bat is worth the d at ss. If it were, then there'd be no interest in dealing him
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/one-failure-after-another/In this NYY post mortem, both CJ and Young are mentioned as trade targets. CJ at SS, Young in CF if they don't land Belinger or Grisham. CJ would be a decent additional bat, but idk if he can play d at ss. Maybe they would be less attached to him there and be more comfortable with a switch to cf?
Schlitter for CJ and Young!
Its really not that stacked.Young is a ~2.5 WAR CFer based completely on defense. Wood and Lile are DH/LF types. So we need a right fielder and a center fielder. If Crews has to play CF in order to justify his bat, he is one of thr biggest busts in 50 years. Hassell has proven nothing. Franklin is an platoon bat. Everyone else is probably a Quad A player.Trade Young, put Abrams in CF, figure out a trade for Matt Mclain from the Reds, and play him and Nunez up the middle
I don’t see Crews as having to play cf to justify the bat. I see him as a good CF with a plus bat. W
OK, this flushed me out... .211/.282/.352/.634 is a plus bat?Yet we rag on Gold Glove nominee Jacob Young for his .247/.310/.316/.626?Crews is clearly the beneficiary of draft slot bias. At this point, he's an epic bust...
Mickey Moniak says hold my beer.
I don’t see Crews as having to play cf to justify the bat. I see him as a good CF with a plus bat. Wood / Crews / Lile can be a fine outfield. You want to add Abrams into the mix and DH as a 4th position in that rotation, fine. If you do go with CLAW (Crews, Lile, Abrams, Wood), Franklin becomes your 4th OF and Hassell / Pinckney ripen in Rochester.
They ain’t dealing schlittler.I’d trade them Abrams and young for Rodriguez-Cruz, Cunningham, and Kilby though
Crews is the beneficiary of being a top 10 prospect combined with only having 454 plate appearances. Its pretty normal for most big leaguers to struggle their first season. Langford had a sub .700 OPS at the same point in his career. Hes absolutely going to be given the benefit of more playing time due to his pedigree. Every team in baseball would be doing the exact same thing.
So Toboni is just gonna hire all his buddies from his old gig and give them cushy, high paying front office gigs?
Andrew Wright also was the head baseball coach at the University of Charleston from 2015 to 2019 before joining the Yankees. He brings a very unique skill set including that he speaks Spanish. He played collegiately at Concord University from 2000-2002. He went on to get his Masters in Athletic Coaching at West Virginia University.QuoteThis is why Paul Toboni hired a field coordinator. He wants "Great alignment throughout the organization" and having the same technique taught. Prior to Andrew Wright's job with the Red Sox, he was the New York Yankees’ Director Baseball Operations for the Dominican Republic.
TalkNats:He was with the Yankees from 2019-2022 before joining Boston.
Red Sox field coordinator Andrew Wright heading to DC to join the front office according to the Boston Globe.
We dont need another outfielder. Franklin will be able to play against LHP with Young. K
Would rather keep Young then waste millions on a LHP only hitter.Crews, Young, Chapparo, Adams, House, and Nunez give you plenty of right handed options
