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Are you buying a LHH ar the deadline?  

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3.5 back of the Twins and a game back of the Indians. The supposed easiest schedule in baseball left and 18 games left against those two collectively.

Buy. Buy. Buy.

Just as important:

1.) Get healthy

2.) Lynn turns the corner

3.) Bullpen continues having defined roles… with Lopez / Graveman / Hendricks at the end of it.

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1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

Trading Sheets plus any pitcher not named Vera for Josh Bell to DH and then playing Vaughn in LF with Jimenez/Engel in RF depending on matchups.

Desperately trying to unload Pollock and cash to an NL West team...

Playing Eloy in an even tougher defensive position, one that he's never played in the major leagues, doesn't strike me as a particularly good idea.

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5 minutes ago, hi8is said:

3.5 back of the Twins and a game back of the Indians. The supposed easiest schedule in baseball left and 18 games left against those two collectively.

Buy. Buy. Buy.

Just as important:

1.) Get healthy

2.) Lynn turns the corner

3.) Bullpen continues having defined roles… with Lopez / Graveman / Hendricks at the end of it.

Locking up Lynn until his weight is back down below 250 pounds...shaving off his Stonewall Jackson beard might help.  Or Just for Men.

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3 minutes ago, maxjusttyped said:

Playing Eloy in an even tougher defensive position, one that he's never played in the major leagues, doesn't strike me as a particularly good idea.

The reality is not counting on Jimenez for anything is a much more realistic plan.

And he has over 100 games of experience in RF in the minors.

Actually his arm isn't much worse than Pollock's, comparable. 

Probably covers about the same amount of ground once he gets a full head of steam.

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The Yankees are only trading Gallo if they obtain an actual Right Fielder replacement from somewhere else beforehand. Also, they would have zero interest in Pollock, just like 28 other MLB teams.

Would shop for the two top targets below. Ramon is RH, but has solid career numbers vs. RHP (.769 OPS) and is a solid starter. Naquin is LH and a good platoon option.

Likely available RFers (Teams are out of it, looking to sell):

Best targets: Ramon Laureano (Oakland); Tyler Naquin (Reds).

Can Field but Can't Hit: Avisail Garcia (Marlins); Robbie Grossman (Detroit); Jackie Bradley Jr. (Boston).

Can Hit, Can't Field, Old: Charlie Blackmon (Rockies).

Shitty Options: Jason Heyward (Cubs); Whit Merrifield (Royals); Kole Calhoun (Texas); Wil Myers (Caufield).

 

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Possible Targets

Andrew Benintendi - .335/.401/.432 vs. RHP. Can play LF fairly well, but no RF experience. Also not a whole lot of power with an ISO of .084. 

Brandon Drury - .261/.333/.469 vs. RHP. Not a LHH, but has hit righties alright this year. Fluky looking numbers compared to his career norms and not a real good defender at 2B or in the OF. 

Ketel Marte - .257/.364/.437 vs. RHP. This is a bit of a pipe dream. He just signed a very fair long term extension so I doubt he'd even be available unless you overwhelm Arizona with an offer.

Bryan Reynolds - .251/.342/.498 vs. RHP. Also a pipedream since we probably don't have the prospects to acquire him. Other teams with more prospects are interested. 

Tyler Naquin - .258/.333/.470 vs. RHP. Probably one of the more realistic targets as he won't require much to acquire. You can probably platoon him with Engel and get decent production in RF. 

Ian Happ - .252/.352/.421 vs. RHP. I honestly thought he had better numbers vs. RHP, but he's actually killed lefties this year. His splits were the exact opposite last year. He's got one more year of arbitration after this one, so he might require a bit more to acquire. 

David Peralta - .253/.310/.471 vs. RHP. Nothing to really write home about, but it seems like this guy has been brought up on the Sox' radar for years. 

Josh Bell - .318/.397/.502 vs. RHP. Easily the best hitter of the bunch, but is another 1B/DH type. He has played RF before, just not all that well. It'd be like putting Sheets out there, but with a way better bat and a switch hitter. Definite upgrade, but not without its downsides. 

Josh Rojas - .276/.333/.436 vs. RHP. Can play a lot of positions, is also not arb eligible until 2024, so he's very cheap. Not sure how willing the Diamondbacks are to trade him. 

Kole Calhoun - .222/.274/.389 vs. RHP. He kinda sucks and has reverse splits this year somehow. 

Joey Gallo - .182/.309/.384 vs. RHP. He's pretty much Gavin Sheets vs. RHP this year, so it's not great. But if you can take him out of NYC, maybe he plays better? 

Ramon Laureano - .213/.279/.366 vs. RHP. Great defender, mashes lefties, but sucks vs. RHP. Doesn't exactly fit what we need. 

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9 minutes ago, South Side Hit Men said:

The Yankees are only trading Gallo if they obtain an actual Right Fielder replacement from somewhere else beforehand. Also, they would have zero interest in Pollock, just like 28 other MLB teams.

Would shop for the two top targets below. Ramon is RH, but has solid career numbers vs. RHP (.769 OPS) and is a solid starter. Naquin is LH and a good platoon option.

Likely available RFers (Teams are out of it, looking to sell):

Best targets: Ramon Laureano (Oakland); Tyler Naquin (Reds).

Can Field but Can't Hit: Avisail Garcia (Marlins); Robbie Grossman (Detroit); Jackie Bradley Jr. (Boston).

Can Hit, Can't Field, Old: Charlie Blackmon (Rockies).

Shitty Options: Jason Heyward (Cubs); Whit Merrifield (Royals); Kole Calhoun (Texas); Wil Myers (Caufield).

 

Myers is hurt. Welcome to Chicago. Mazara has replaced him but they're also looking for another OF bat down the stretch.

Merrifield is anti-vax...unless he's on a contender and has to play meaningful games. Toast.

 

Those options pretty much suck.  Laureano would be the choice there with Blackmon too expensive.

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