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Originally Posted by cross16
Fair. The only reason i thought maybe you can get him cheaper is i'm assuming with the draft pick attached Fowler's market may be reduced and i'm not sure every team will consider him a CF with his not so great defence.
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... this is so topical to the conversation we're having I halfway wonder if Fangraphs was reading our minds today...
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/dexte...f-the-defense/
... here's what I'll say about Fowler: He's a very good all-around hitter some power, some speed, who'll take a walk/get on base. He is only an average defender (he's bounced around between being a poor defender and average defender by the metrics) but that's in CF, put him in a corner and I think he's a plus defender. That's worth spending a draft pick and some money on. Now if it's Keith Law's guess 4Y/90M then no thanks but if it's 4Yx16-18? Sign me up.