He projects significantly better than AJ Reed, 120 wRC+ is nothing to sneeze at. Having him play all over the field ala Marwin Gonzalez would be a much better usage of his abilities.
What do you find so weird about this? He was a shortstop his whole career but also played some third base in the later years. He won't be a Gold Glover but he should be able to handle all of these positions adequately. It was pretty dumb to use him as a 1B.
There is none. You have to go into desktop mode in your phone if you want to thank posts. I actually prefer the desktop version over the mobile on my phone but that's just me.
In two days the Diamondbacks turned their OF into Pollock, Souza, Dyson and Peralta and all it cost them was $7.5M over two years and Brandon Drury and Anthony Banda. Not too shabby.
Tigers closer Shane Greene on the move. Inquire within.
Also available are Julio Urias, Maikel Franco, Vince Velasquez, Dansby Swanson, Jose De Leon. Preferably looking to package for a better player but we'll hear you out.
He could just be very dumn (likely is) but the fact that you don't mention their best pitcher - by projections, scouts, literally everyone in the game - in an article about the future of the team just shows that little research went into this. It's sloppy and embarrassing that such a thing would happen, and that an editor wouldn't point out this very glaring omission.
Definite cuts:
Yunel Escobar
Jurickson Profar
Chris Rusin
Carter Capps
Mallex Smith
Josh Fields
On the brink/available:
Andrew Heaney
Tim Anderson
Joe Mauer
Mike Montgomery
Curtis Granderson
Bryan Mata (prospect)
Troy Tulowitzki
Jason Heyward
The point I'm making is that he'll make the team not just because he's "one of the only lefty relievers", but because he's really good and the bullpen is otherwise garbage outside Osuna.
Here's what Abom's projection of the bullpen was back a couple of pages ago:
Osuna
Biagini
Loup
Tepera
Barnes
Mayza
Axford
Not that Mayza is the difference maker, but he should easily be there over Axford or any other replacement (Craig Breslow is really bad) and he might be better than Loup.