danr
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Post by danr on Mar 31, 2017 12:52:06 GMT -5
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 31, 2017 20:15:22 GMT -5
Gotta say, I'm a bit surprised that he cleared. NOBODY wanted to take a shot on him?
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Post by Oregon Norm on Mar 31, 2017 20:53:12 GMT -5
They may have watched him try to yank everything, absolutely everything, and decided it wasn't worth the effort. Because of that bias to the pull side, the hole on the outside breaking stuff is more like a chasm.
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Post by jmei on Mar 31, 2017 21:32:39 GMT -5
Gotta say, I'm a bit surprised that he cleared. NOBODY wanted to take a shot on him? He's a 28-year-old corner outfielder who is a fringy defender, is out of options, and has a career .247/.309/.431 line in 1096 PAs in AAA (and just 26 MLB PAs in his three option years). I would have been pretty surprised if anyone claimed him. |
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Post by okin15 on Apr 2, 2017 21:22:49 GMT -5
He's really not even a quad-A guy. Not a terrible guy to have around, but not someone that is likely to be valuable on a big league club.
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Post by James Dunne on Apr 2, 2017 21:40:29 GMT -5
He really hasn't hit since 2014. He's a deceiving player, because he really hits the ball hard and has a sweet swing and he had a couple monster seasons on his way up. But yeah, like jmei and okin said, he hasn't even been putting up that Jeff Bailey type of Quad-A production that someone would want to see to take a chance on him.
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