In a vacuum I like this for Z3R0S but in context this is a no-brainer for Gibbers. He was backed up against the wall and needed to consolidate some of those picks.
JP offense coupled with elite defense just means that the offense is bringing down the offense. He's not a productive offensive player. Of course he wasn't a productive defensive player either so he was just overall awfull, one of the worst catchers to ever play a full season. I mean I would certainly take JP offense coupled with elite defense over actual JP but I don't know why you're using JP offense as some sort of measure of being moderately productive offensively. It's not even a tangible improvement over what Zunino is doing now. They both have a wOBA in the 280s.
Well if were going to play that game then I'll just throw out that I predicted Trout would suck simply because the Angels seemed to be doing a terrible job drafting and developing talent at the time.
"JP offense" is not actually a thing. He has power sure but he still provides below average production even for an offensively poor position like catcher because his OBP is just that terrible.
That's what has me questionning the seriousness of the player's stance. I mean netting from foul poll to foul poll? Did they seriously think MLB would ever go for that? It reeks of a mere negotiation ploy. Now that player safety is in the news, they can cynically exploit their stance and make the owners look but it reeks of a ******** ploy that they're ramping up to use again in the next round.
Interesting bit of news here. The players requested more protection for the fans in the last two rounds of collective bargaining and the teams refused.
http://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/776614
I wouldn't necessarily take the players position at face value. This may merely be one of those demands that you make only with the intention of dropping it for a different better concession but it's kind of interesting that it came up at all.
I agree with this. All we need to accept is that the streak is not sustainable. Whether or not we call it "luck" is immaterial. You can call it just as easily call it being hot. The point is he won't sustains this. That's all that matters.