From what I can see, his peripherals are fine. Gets the ball in the air 60% of the time, hits it hard, walk and k rates were fine but he had a .211 babip. He could be a perfectly serviceable player, especially given our need for IF.
I'm looking to move some guys:
Yonder Alonso (been pretty good)
Brad Zimmer (buy low!)
Carlos Villanueva (will probably just drop him so he's super cheap)
Since Grichuk has CF now, I could move Schebler too though I doubt anyone will offer something worthwhile.
I'm extra confused because it isn't like BP ranked him low or anything. They had him at 31 prior to 2017 and 11 by midseason and he went up from there.
I mean, I know KATOH was onto him early so maybe that's where it comes from? Not sure.
Tldr you might be expecting too much from a guy who wouldn't trade Vlad Jr. for Mookie Betts.
People are downvoting me
It's not that I'm an authoritarian crazy person, it's that they must not understand.
They understand, dude. Your clarification drove that home.