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Centerfield
We have another former FA Whitney Award (MVP) winner in center fielder Clint Casstevens (which looks a lot like Cat Stevens), just a few years ago in 1924, Casstevens (30) hit .334/.368/.535 and popped 54 doubles and 26 triples, both of which led the league, and got the award for best hitter. He's fallen off a bit offensively and was at .304/.349/.450 this past year, but still had 43 doubles and 16 triples to go with 5 that made it out of the park. His problem is that his defensive chops have really deteriorated and he went from a solid defensive CF to an atrocious one almost over night. His bat will still play though, and I'm going to attempt to move him to right field this spring.
Almost 26 years old, Johnny Collins was horrendous in 224 at bats at AAA St. Paul, but he's hit at other levels of the minors and does a decent job in center, so he'll repeat at AAA.
24 year old William Goodman plays a solid center field, but missed most of the season last year due to back problems. When he was able to play he hit .336/.381/.433 in almost 150 at bats for Birmingham. Right at league average for the Dixie League.
Our A ball squad Gary, just grabbed random fans from the stands to play center over the course of the year.
Conclusion: Last year's centerfielder Casstevens will return and has a good chance at a solid offensive season, but he just can't hack it in center anymore and he'll transition to RF where he should be fine. That does mean we have a very large hole in centerfield going into the 1927 season.
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