I truly don't understand the Jays. Obviously for whatever reason Riccardi must be holding on to the faintest of faint hopes and is still praying that he can trade Wells... even for a song. That is the ONLY possible reason that could justify Wells staying and playing CF. But I'm afraid it is a very poor notion he still has stuck in his head.
Rios should've been moved over a while ago. Better range, arm, speed and overall tools.
Oh yeah, it would have improved his trade value significantly too - people will trade for a decent defender in CF with a .750 OPS contract and pay quite well for it. Baseball GMs don't give 2 sh*ts about corner defense, but they do love defense up the middle. Right or wrong, this is a prevailing philosophy in baseball. CFs are infinitely more valued than the corners.
Say what you want about the move, but they should have done this first... 2 years ago.
The Jays need to accept that Wells is an overpaid sink hole in the corner OF. Hell it might even improve his production if they actually put him in a spot where he could get to a ball...
Damn that is an angry post.
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