Indians Need a Power Hitter for 2016

[CBBI]

I believe Grichuk is due for a serious regression next year.

His strikeout rate was supremely high at 31.4%. That number would have led the National League if he qualified. Also, his walk rate was also very low at just 6.3%, would have been 22nd lowest in the NL.

To top it off, Grichuk had some serious luck, recording a .365 BABIP which was the highest of his career outside of a small sample size in his first year of rookie ball way back in 2009.

He doesn't walk, he strikes out a ton and he had the best luck of his professional career. All signs point to him regressing to around a .240 hitter with a sub .300 OBP. The 25 homers he may hit aren't worth a really good, cost-controlled pitcher like Salazar, god forbid Carrasco.

 

[JFT]

I believe Grichuk is due for a serious regression next year.

His strikeout rate was supremely high at 31.4%. That number would have led the National League if he qualified. Also, his walk rate was also very low at just 6.3%, would have been 22nd lowest in the NL.

To top it off, Grichuk had some serious luck, recording a .365 BABIP which was the highest of his career outside of a small sample size in his first year of rookie ball way back in 2009.

He doesn't walk, he strikes out a ton and he had the best luck of his professional career. All signs point to him regressing to around a .240 hitter with a sub .300 OBP. The 25 homers he may hit aren't worth a really good, cost-controlled pitcher like Salazar, god forbid Carrasco.

Good point. He strikes out a helluva lot, but you can't deny the power which we need (nor the small salary and contract benefits). Many other very successful power hitters also whiff...and he's only a rookie, so much room for improvement on the walk side of things.

Anderson and a good minor league prospect should do it...Cardinals really need a starter and are sometimes insane on trades.

 

[JFT]

http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/2015/11/mlb-trade-rumors-cleveland-indians-outfield-targets/

 

[JFT]

http://www.scout.com/mlb/indians/st...t?hootPostID=1c4f7bc895ba7e99ca941565b87b02f2

 

[AZ_]

If all it took to get Freeman was Clint Frazier, Bobby Bradley and Morimondo...we'd be watching the press conference right now.

 

[Simon]

 

[BimboColesHair]

Please God no. Michael Scott gif.

 

[JFT]

http://www.cleveland.com/pluto/index.ssf/2015/11/cleveland_indians_have_terry_t_28.html

 

[EdMonix11]

http://www.cleveland.com/pluto/index.ssf/2015/11/cleveland_indians_have_terry_t_28.html

I would probably do a Salazar-Pillar trade. I'd want Toronto to throw in a top 10 pitching prospect too (doubt they'd do Reid-Foley but maybe Greene or Harris). I really like Pillar.... gold glove caliber defense in center, RH bat and a great character guy too.

 

[macbdog]

I get it that Pillar is an excellent defender but has defense really become so valuable that a 96-98 wOps hitter is worth a 26 year old team controlled fireballer coming off the best season of his young career? I think that is buying hella high on Pillar, who also has an aversion to walks. The Jays have to be surrendering more than Pillar and a pitching prospect.

 

[EdMonix11]

I get it that Pillar is an excellent defender but has defense really become so valuable that a 96-98 wOps hitter is worth a 26 year old team controlled fireballer coming off the best season of his young career? I think that is buying hella high on Pillar, who also has an aversion to walks. The Jays have to be surrendering more than Pillar and a pitching prospect.

Disagree. He was a 4.3 win player in CF last year (34th overall in the MLB / 14th of all OF's). The Indians center fielders last year, combined, posted a 1.0 WAR. Pillar also mashes against lefties....

For all the love AJ Pollock has gotten earlier in this thread as a late bloomer, Pillar is a guy who'd be a pretty good candidate to make a similar jump. The minor league numbers with the bat are very similar. If he hits any better than he did this year, he's a star.

 

[JFT]

I like either one.

View: https://twitter.com/mlbtraderumors/status/672554810298736640

 

[AZ_]

Yeah, no thanks.

Alvarez is at least average, so I could be talked into that one depending on how the market shakes out. None of these guys are conceivably middle of the order hitters on a competitive team.

 

[DJTJ]

I pass too.

Yeah, let's get a power hitter who can't touch the ball. Hello Branyan, Reynolds, Moss.

I'm sick of this teams "power hitter" void, and at this point, trade seems the only way to land someone remotely viable without overpaying. I really wonder if they overvalue prospects.

 

[JFT]

Yeah, no thanks.

Alvarez is at least average, so I could be talked into that one depending on how the market shakes out. None of these guys are conceivably middle of the order hitters on a competitive team.

Chris Carter hit 37 home runs, 88 RBIs, and had a .491 slugging average in 2014. In just 129 games in 2015 he hit 24 home runs, 64 RBIs, and hit for a .427 slugging average. I hardly call that kinda power "average."