The improvement in his defense seems to be the thing that's keeping him around. This is the first year his defensive number on FanGraphs is out of the red.
With 40 or so games to the deadline, a lot of that is dependent on the position the team puts him in. He'll definitely be tested if the team is right on the borderline of a Wild Card spot again.
Vegas was talking about a RH DH to replace Yoshida.
On paper we're still light on RH offense.
But if O'Neill is healthy and Wong, Rafaela and Refsnyder keep hitting like they are, we don't look so bad.
That's why WAR is a good thing, IMHO. Duran and DHam get a lot of value from the baserunning component.
Can't just add steals to total bases without also factoring in the times caught stealing or picked off...it gets complicated.
To play baseball idiot savant here, that "deliberate" look may be a sign that unlike Mookie Betts, Grissom doesn't have great "fast-twitch muscles" going for him, which may help explain why he hasn't put one over the fence in 220 trips to the plate.
No, but that's part of my issue - I think Breslow had to free up that $10 million to sign Giolito. I think they should have kept Sale and signed Giolito.