[rudel.dietrich]

Player C worries me. He has a OPS very similar to the other two. Yet his OPS + is terrible.
That makes me think he played in a great hitters park and outside of that, his production would take a nose dive.
Plus he is 30 so he is only going to decline.

I would rank C the worst of the bunch.


Players A and B are very similar. Player A strikes out a lot but I have never cared about that. He gets on base more and I do not care about how he does it.
Player B is a better fielder.

What it comes down to is that player B is a bit older so I would roll the dice on player A and hope that he improves a bit.
Player B is a bit older but has less ML experience so he has been a worse player and worse prospect.
Player A began to play at age 20/21 and was a below average hitter but not terrible.

Both are league average hitters with player A being a somewhat better hitter, but the defense makes them roughly as equally valuable.

I would take player A by a thin margin and hope he has some growth to do.
Player B has defense and versatility at catcher to fall back on if his hitting suffers. But chances are at 26 he is not going to get much better.

Player A has also shown over three seasons that he is about 8 % better at getting on base than his batting average. That skill seems repeatable and batting average is subject to more fluctuations.


So I would have it

A
B
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C