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Originally Posted by Otsy
Offensively you could replace him pretty easily. The career .285 avg is nice, but career highs 14HR's and 6 SB's don't exactly make anyone fearful of him in the lineup.
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Frankly I don't care whether anyone is fearful of him or not all i care about is that he get's on base which (for a legit shortstop with above average fielding) he's done great at over his career. Plus he rarely strikes out (relatively speaking). He's having a down year to be sure but he's actually a really good bat for a legit shortstop (unless you expect Tulo at the position). He's pretty valuable and the jays got him for a steal in trade assets and have him on a steal of a contract extension.
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Originally Posted by Otsy
Fielding he's close to top 10 every year, 12th, 11th, 13th the last three years and currently 7th in fielding % this year.
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Blah, Fielding % is a bad stat. I prefer UZR or TZ personally. YMMV.
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Originally Posted by Otsy
The team friendly contract is obviously a huge +, but I wouldn't mind seeing Hanley on the team.
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But Hanley isn't a good fielder (at least not at SS or 3B). I think he could handle 2B since it requires both less range and shorter throws but I would cringe putting him further left on the infield. Plus Hanley makes a lot of money. I'd like Ramirez as well... but not if it costs us Escobar. That would be a bad trade if it were straight up.
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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
I would give up 2 of any prospect not named D'Arnaud + some other stuff
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Huge overpay. He hasn't hit well the past couple years, is currently injured because he decided to take out some fustration on a dugout cooling fan, and makes 15-16M bucks a year. I think he's a good candidate for a bounceback but I ain't spending highly ranked prospects on someone with that kind of risk attached.