KluberSociety
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He plays like a true-talent 80-85 wRC+er. Which, with the defense he plays and his speed on the bases, makes him an ideal guy to bat 9th in the lineup and play CF every day, until he shows evidence that he is not that guy. Guys who rely on BABIP can have very volatile production from year-to-year despite not really changing much. We saw the lucky Straw in 2021 now we saw the unlucky Straw in 2022 and overall I think we should set our expectations roughly between them.Sure, Straw plays a great CF. He also hits like a 5 yr old. Brennan plays an above average CF and hits like Kwan or better. Which is more desirable?
If they can make a move for a big RH hitting RFer that plays good defense moving OGon to DH and Straw to 4th OFer then I could live with that. Use Valera to help get that for all I care.
Bad Straw was still worth 2.0 fWAR / 2.7 bWAR and he has looked in prime form recently and certainly not hitting like a 5 year old.
Brennan well... his speed numbers aren't looking so great although it might need a larger sample size but saying he plays an above average CF is still a huge stretch when the 30 MLB CFs are 30 of the most talented OFs in the world. Straw is basically at the top of that list. Being simply good at CF means you're more likely to slot in as a corner OFer.
According to Statcast, he's also got a stronger arm than Kwan and Kwan has a stronger arm than Straw. OGonz is a toolmaster who has a massive arm and is very fast too but doesn't have the instincts to play a good OF, at least not yet so I think Brennan is an obvious candidate for RF.
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