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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold
He struggled his first year with me, but has been fine the last 2 years. .240-.245 hitter, .775 OPS, and solid D. 2.8ish WAR last year, this year on pace for 3.7. Would love to upgrade on him, but hard to find someone with good D and with a bat that plays well enough, and that costs less than 20k.
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I just cannot handle him anymore. I think that he struggles so much because he's an extreme pull hitter and pretty much everyone uses extreme shifting. I've stayed with him for way too long. 8.2 WAR in 1123 games for me, and that's with his excellent glove. Granted, most of that has been in diamond where I was stuck for 4 seasons along with 1.5 seasons at perfect. He only had an OPS+ over 100 once for me, and this is with a HR factor of 1.1 for RHB also.
I think you can find a much better platoon for far less than 20K.