This is simply not true and either way, some players will have to learn other positions or be traded. If Gimenez keeps Arias from playing SS that either means that Arias didn't continue hitting well or Arias simply outgrew SS. As of right now, I'd say Arias has the leg up defensively. Their range is similar, but their arms are not. Arias has an absolute cannon and Arias has an advantage on plays deep and toward 3B.
Offensively, Arias is still more in a development phase, for lack of a better description, but Gimenez was not a better hitter as a minor leaguer. In fact, the opposite may be true. The one thing Arias clearly has an advantage in is power and it shows in their OPS. Their averages are similar. Their OBP is similar. Simply put, Arias' upside is huge, but none of this is a knock on Gimenez and I think we're very fortunate to have both.
Bimbo had mentioned trading some of the MIF surplus to possibly address a need, and of course I love that idea, but what are the needs? We wanted corner OFers, but it appears that LF and RF have Naylor, Jones, Valera, and maybe Johnson just about ready to varying degrees. They'll have to trade Ramirez to create a need for a 3B. SS and 2B are more than covered. When Rosario gets enough reps we won't need a CFer anytime soon. 1B should be covered between Bradley or Jones unless they decide that a RHH 1B is needed. The one thing that you can never have enough of is SP I guess, so that could be a target. My point is that they are on the verge of a crunch and I'm not so sure they'll want to block some of their well thought of players/prospects. Are we looking at acquiring lower level, high upside prospects?
