Is this really that bad?
CF ? Centerfielder TBA
SS R Tejada .284
2B L Murphy .320
3B R Wright lets give him a full season (in a contract year) like 2010’s .283 29 103
1B L Davis let’s also give him 2010’s stats of .264 19 71
LF R Jason Bay batting 7th. .245 12 57
RF L Duda .292 10 50. The .292 may be unrealistic to expect (though he did hit .286 in the minors) but the power seems fine.
C ? A catcher
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Basically what this comes down to is:
Do you think Reyes’ .337 and glove is better than 17 points lower, fewer steals, way worse glove but maybe $19m in other parts.
The flip-side…losing one of the team’s most popular players who is atop the leaderboard in many of the team’s offensive categories.
I know this makes me the unpopular kid in the schoolyard…but I think I’d rather try the lineup above and $19 million in other things. As for what those other things are..I leave that to the smart bloggers with their WAR and OPS+ and knowledge of baseball.