You don't have to wait until the deadline to make a trade for a 0.0 fWAR player like Lowe. We talked about a ton of names at the time. It also didn't help that everyone messed up the Raffy situation so bad that they sent the guy out of town who we all figured would inherit 1b at some point anyway.
Toro gave them a few good weeks. Once it turned south, they should have replaced him quickly. Brezzz was too slow to make a move and it left us more annoyed at Toro than we should have been. Not Toro's fault IMO.
For a player like Sogard or Toro, do you also just grade them a little bit on the curve. Both of them have low ceilings so what is an A season for them? They are never going to be MVP players. Is the best Sogard going to do a C+ season? I'd personally pass on grading the lower end guys that aren't expected to be key contributors.
Other hitters with high GB rates: Yelich (uh oh), Yandy, Elly, James Wood, Tatis, Michael Harris II, Gunnar, Oneil Cruz, Carlos Correa, Trea Turner, Julio Rodriguez.
TBF, I believe he had the worst DRS from APR - MAY in all of MLB for any position. It was really ugly out there.
Was it due to bad management/bad development and them moving him around too much or him just being a bad fielder? That's a different question.