I'm all for keeping him.
My only thought is about resetting this winter, which there is a chance we may try to do.
If we try, we will likely trade him and his $8+M salary.
If not, I'd keep him for sure.
We don't know what the budget plan is.
Again, I'm not for trading JBJ. You were the one that mentioned him being the most likely trade candidate.
(Maybe Pedey retires and takes a lifetime services contract to replace the money owed. Maybe we trade JBJ and go cheap everywhere else, except a low cost fill-in here or there.
I'm assuming JBJ ends up at .710 and near GG defense.
We could maybe trade his $9M arb cost for a $2-4M RP'er.
If he sucks this year, and nobody wants him, his arb may go slightly down, and maybe we don't even agree to arb.
Maybe the poll could have read...
__ DFA'd, if not able to trade
__ Trade for the best we can get, even if a single A nobody
__ Trade for a good prospect
__ Trade for a decent, less costly RP'er
__ Keep him, at least until this winter
I agree, but if we trade JBJ and use JD in the OF a lot or even half the time, Dalbec, Chavis and Devers can all get plenty of playing time at 3B, 1B and DH. They won't be bench riders.
Do people want him DFA'd?
Would they trade him for a single A decent prospect?
A nice AA prospect?
A top 75-125 prospect?
A top 75 prospect?
A decent ML RP'er?
A very good, low cost RP'er?
What?
Nobody has made any suggested trades.
Do we want JD playing FT in the OF and increasing the chances of injury?
Is Chavis really good enough to be a FT DH?
Nobody is saying .421 is fine. It is far from fine, and his defense cannot make up for that low of an OPS.
Some of us do think he will return to his .700-.750ish OPS like he seems to do every year.
Why not tell us why you think this year will be different, and he'll never get hot or even warm?
I could see this next year (assuming JBJ is traded):
C: Vaz & Leon
1B: Devers
2B: Chatham & Holt
3B: Dalbec (Chavis/Devers)
SS: Bogey
LF: JD/Beni
CF: Betts
RF: Beni/JD
DH: Chavis (JD)
We may sign a cheap corner IF'er who can play LF.
Lin will go down when the first guy comes back. We may have to get creative to keep Chavis up if and when all 3 (Pedey, Nunez & Holt) are healthy... maybe put Pearce or Moreland on the IL.
It may be the end of the line for Pedey or Nunez....coming sooner or later.