ivanvamp said:Napoli has been very bad at the plate this year but I think he'd be a potentially nice pickup for a contender.
Still has very good power some can be a late inning long ball threat as a PH.
Outstanding base runner.
Very good fielding 1b so he could be one of those double switch kind of guys in the NL.
Leadership and championship experience.
The Sox can't expect to get much for him but he could still be a valuable piece to a team still in the hunt.
Pretty much every indication points to Napoli being toast as a hitter. His power is compromised, his strike zone judgement has been thrown off kilter by the expanding strike zone and his mechanics are a mess. The .com has done a bunch of good work looking at him this season.
And what about his base running says "outstanding" to you? Fangraphs has him ranked 105th in base running value and he's never been a base stealer. Now, that base running metric is suspect, but the point I'm making by citing it is that there isn't any evidence to back up calling him and "outstanding" base runner. I don't see any reason to think a team would value him for what he does with his legs.
The defense is still nice but I also can't recall ever reading anything that describes him as a leadership guy, either. What can you point to here? That he's a veteran and happened to be on a championship team?
The Pirates might be interested in him, but it's not likely to be for anything more than improved defense and the hope that they can catch lightning in a bottle with a hot streak at the plate.