Hopefully he comes back as the DH and doesn't see the outfield.
Where would you play Kendrys Morales if Bautista is the full-time DH?
Hopefully he comes back as the DH and doesn't see the outfield.
Where would you play Kendrys Morales if Bautista is the full-time DH?
Ffs Batista, just sign already nobody likes you as it is. Don't try and weasel monies you don't deserve out of the only place in the world you have some friends.
A Jay Bruce trade that involves Smoak feels like it makes a lot of sense right now.
A Jay Bruce trade that involves Smoak feels like it makes a lot of sense right now.
Ffs Batista, just sign already nobody likes you as it is. Don't try and weasel monies you don't deserve out of the only place in the world you have some friends.
Ffs Batista, just sign already nobody likes you as it is. Don't try and weasel monies you don't deserve out of the only place in the world you have some friends.
A Jay Bruce trade that involves Smoak feels like it makes a lot of sense right now.
A Jay Bruce trade that involves Smoak feels like it makes a lot of sense right now.
Not at all for the Mets.
C-Martin
1B-Bautisa
2B-Travis
3B-Donaldson
SS-Tulo
LF-Pearce
CF-Pillar
RF-Pompey
DH-Morales
Pompey
Bautisa
Donaldson
Tulo
Morales
Travis
Peacre
Pillar
Martin
Not at all for the Mets.
Smoak and a B prospect with no salary retained on either side seems very possible
Saunders deal is $10M guaranteed, so any Bruce trade is going to have minimal, if any salary retention unless you throw in some decent prospects.
Where does Lucas Duda play?
Saunders was worth 1.4 fWAR in 2016 and projects for 0.7 in 2017.
Bruce was worth 0.9 fWAR in 2016 and projects for 0.4 in 2017.
Let's be generous and put Bruce's value at 75% of Saunders... so $7.5 million. He's making $5.5 million more than that in 2017.
It's a way of paying down some of Bruce's salary without directly giving the Jays money (which they'll have to do to get rid of Bruce). It gives them a bit of insurance behind Duda, who missed 115 games with a back injury last year. It gives them a bat off the bench.
I think it makes perfect sense for them.