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Bautista's agent was quoted as saying Jose would be willing to "play anywhere (referring to position) and hit anywhere if it helps the team win". In theory he could possibly help fill at least two or more voids in this roster as a multi position guy. Again that's in theory, because it's obviously contingent on him being able to successfully transition between two positions, and play effective 1B. If we lose Edwin, add an every day RF (will use Fowler's name for this exercise) and bring back Bautista, we could distribute starts in roughly the following manner, barring injuries of course: DH - Morales 110, Bautista 15, Other 37 (off days for Martin, Tulo, Donaldson etc) C - Martin 130, Backup 32 1B - Bautista 65, Smoak 57, Morales 40 (Bautista vs LHP, Smoak vs RHP with Morales taking a bunch of starts from Smoak). 2B - Travis 145, Barney 17 SS - Tulo 150, Barney 12 3B - Donaldson 150, Barney 12 LF - Bautista 70, Upton 65, Carerra 27 (Upton vs LHP, Bautista taking the majority of RHP with some going to Carerra - also can take out Bautista for late inning defense). CF - Pillar 150, Upton 7, Carerra 5 RF - Fowler 150, Carerra 12 vs RHP RF Fowler LF/1B/DH Bautista 3B Donaldson DH/1B Morales SS Tulowitzki 2B Travis C Martin 1B Smoak/LF Carerra CF Pillar Vs LHP RF Fowler 1B/LF/DH Bautista 3B Donaldson DH Morales SS Tulowitzki C Martin LF Upton CF Pillar

I'd easily take Fowler over Pagan + Gomez if the money is similar.

I think you're going to get enough awards already.

Awesome job by management to hold off on giving him an extension. Can you imagine the contract we'd be stuck with if they signed him prior to this past season?

haha probably had about a dozen posts under my belt at the time

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Your whining isn't a good quality for anyone.

That still makes no sense though. Even if you have speed, the easier positions are still easier to cover.

You would have a tough time getting most people to agree with that. Center field generally requires more speed because it's more difficult to cover.

We lost Brett Cecil so we're down a double first name guy. Devon Travis, Russell Martin, Josh Donald's Son...have to keep the trend going.

Fair enough. I guess the only motivation for the Mets in that scenario is to save the 1M buyout.

I guess if they can get any sort of prospect(s) in return, then picking up the option at 13M would have proven more beneficial than buying him out for 1M.

It wasn't worded as an opinion though. "I believe", and "it's safe to assume" are miles apart in this scenario.

Lol that isn't a safe assumption at all. It's not even safe to assume he can successfully transition to starting.

Andres Blanco is a similar case. Raked against righties in 2015 but struggled this past season.

I'd be in favor of this depending on the price.

Anaheim really got screwed last night.

Did he say he would give up Sanchez plus? (Hint - he did not).

We'd be forking over one of our top 3 prospects + another top 10 guy just to stay competitive in those talks. Eaton would be highly coveted for sure.

Chirinos could make a good swing man.

I would prefer Pagan as well, he's been mentioned quite a bit so just throwing another option out there.

If Nori Aoki is non tendered, he'd probably make a good platoon partner for Upton in LF.

He'd be an excellent buy low acquisition, plus his name is pretty awesome.

So basically the argument here is that he hasn't been used enough defensively to prove he's horrible at it?

Gov already provided that answer, see the previous page.