The Left Field Solution

What course should the Red Sox take in dealing with left field?


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grimshaw

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I'd like to see Castillo out OPS'ing Allen Craig over the course of their 2015-16 careers before even thinking of him in passing.
He's 29 in July btw. If he isn't dominating AAA ball by then, he's pretty much Michael Coleman.

I can't believe I was defending his contract as a slightly expensive long term 4th outfielder a few months ago.
 

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Correct, but you do realize that Ortiz will often play 2 of 3 games in an NL park at first base, yes? As in the past Ortiz will not sit an entire NL park series and play at least one game at first base. The point being that he may not need to play two of the three or 4 of 6 at first if they play back to back NL park series. Ortiz will get more rest this season and those may be built in opportunities to give Papi 3 or 4 out of 6 games.
 

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I think there is a lot of agreement with the notion that HOLT best serves the team as a super-sub. But as you have outlined his sub opportunities here, he would be playing nearly every day in that role. HOLT himself said that he found it less stressful to have to prepare for one rather than many positions. Of course he said that earlier in the year, and his offense has fallen off anyway. I don't know what the answer is, at this point, except for Chili Davis finding some way for HOLT to maximize his ABs. Meanwhile, his play in left field is at least a B+, if not better.
I think there is enough flexibility on the roster that barring being pressed into regular duty due to injury like he was last season, days off for other players can be orchestrated so that Holt can play regularly perhaps 3-4 times a week rather than 5-6 he seems to be playing now. Again like I mentioned previously, right now on days that Young is in left, Holt is pressed into his super sub role to spell others. I think that would be lessened IF the Sox can come up with another solution for LF and perhaps benefit Holt as well as the team as a whole.
 

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Castillo is hitting .316/.350/.404 in May and Holt is on pace to be one of the worst outfielders in baseball, he ranks 20th in WAR 0.2 and 20th in wRC+ 87 for left fielders, but the numbers would be even worse without the first few games of the season, he's hitting .219/.297/.281 in his last 30 games.
If the Red Sox thought that Castillo could hit major league pitching with any consistency he'd be in the major leagues.
 

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If the Red Sox thought that Castillo could hit major league pitching with any consistency he'd be in the major leagues.
He might be in a month or two. Reportedly, he's been getting a steady diet of breaking stuff, which is his key and obvious weakness, and it looks like he's making an adjustment that's yielding respectable results. .603 OPS in April; .754 OPS in May.

Following his white-hot first week, Holt's been posting a sub-.600 OPS for over a month now. The OF situation needs some work.
 

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He might be in a month or two. Reportedly, he's been getting a steady diet of breaking stuff, which is his key and obvious weakness, and it looks like he's making an adjustment that's yielding respectable results. .603 OPS in April; .754 OPS in May.

Following his white-hot first week, Holt's been posting a sub-.600 OPS for over a month now. The OF situation needs some work.
Totally agree on Holt. But I dont care what I think. But I would hope the team is almost there with Holt as well. It doesn't make him a serial killer, but lengthy full-time duty just doesn't seem to agree with him.

I still dont think the FO thinks Castillo is an answer (he's also right-handed, to the extent that matters). But my guess is that the FO will take the 3-4 weeks or so to determine whether he, Swihart or Benintendi can help the team. If not, it's trade time.
 

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It seemed like Holt was stabilizing as a .770 or so OPS player before he hit the horrific slump he's in. Less than a week ago he was 283/355/424. Since then, in six games, he's 1-21. That he wears down as an everyday player is a hypothesis but it's only that. Maybe it's just a slump. Of those 21 at bats, he only has 5 strike outs. So the last 16 times he's put it in play he only has one hit to show for it. He's not exactly scorching line drives, but, still, that's pretty hard to do. Eventually a few of those need to go to spots where there are no defenders. So, some reason to be cautiously optimistic that the averages will even out for him.
 

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Totally agree on Holt. But I dont care what I think. But I would hope the team is almost there with Holt as well. It doesn't make him a serial killer, but lengthy full-time duty just doesn't seem to agree with him.

I still dont think the FO thinks Castillo is an answer (he's also right-handed, to the extent that matters). But my guess is that the FO will take the 3-4 weeks or so to determine whether he, Swihart or Benintendi can help the team. If not, it's trade time.
If Swihart shows some LH-hitting chops in P'tucket I think he should be able to take the heavy side of the platoon. Despite yesterday's HR we shouldn't see Young vs. RH pitching. Holt back to supersub.
 

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I've always assumed (hoped?) that Holt in LF was a temporary solution until Castillo starts hitting curveballs, or Young starts hitting RHPs, or Swihart gets comfy there. Or the Sox get lucky again with a De Aza-type waiver pickup. That's a lot of possibilities that are still in play without having to trade anyone.

But yeah, Holt in LF is starting to give me flashbacks from the 2014 Sox outfield.
 

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It seemed like Holt was stabilizing as a .770 or so OPS player before he hit the horrific slump he's in. Less than a week ago he was 283/355/424. Since then, in six games, he's 1-21. That he wears down as an everyday player is a hypothesis but it's only that. Maybe it's just a slump. Of those 21 at bats, he only has 5 strike outs. So the last 16 times he's put it in play he only has one hit to show for it. He's not exactly scorching line drives, but, still, that's pretty hard to do. Eventually a few of those need to go to spots where there are no defenders. So, some reason to be cautiously optimistic that the averages will even out for him.
How can he be stabilizing, he's had two preposterously high 150 PA stretches of BABIP oragams followed by misery.

"Not exactly scorching line drives" is a nice way of saying he is one of the weakest hitters in baseball.
 

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Yeah I think settling into a 770 OPS is too high. I think you'd expect him to be around a 720 with ups and downs, and that seems in line with his minor league record.

I'm not sure it's a problem problem yet compared to some other things, but it would be nice to have another actual bat in the lineup. I don't think Shaw and JBJ are going to turn into pumpkins, but they could be quite a bit worse and still be at or above expectation. Same thing with Ortiz and Bogaerts. And while sure Hanley might continue to get hot and Mookie should get hot at some point, there is a little bit of risk of the bottom falling out from the offense for a week or two at a time. And right now LF seems like the easiest spot to upgrade. Though it may still be easier to upgrade the pitching.
 

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Right -- yeah, I didn't make my point very well. I don't think he's a 770 OPS player. Maybe some day, but not now. I think last year's season long numbers are probably what we can expect this year if he gets significant at bats. My point was that after the early season babip-apalooza he played for a few weeks pretty consistently maintaining that 770 number until the terrible slump he's hit in the last six games. If one isn't going to credit the times when his balls in play are finding holes, then by the same token, I don't think we should freak out because he's just had a week with a .062 BAbip. But, yeah, when he levels out, I think it's more likely to be sub-750 than above.

I'm coming around to the idea that maybe the Sox do need to add an outfielder because the bench just seems so thin. But in terms of judging Holt versus whatever the trade target under consideration is, I don't think he's a shit hitter who just got lucky for a couple of periods.
 

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I like the idea of a LH platoon bat more than a full time starter or RH bat, just because Chris Young has really delivered in his side of that role. A guy like Reddick would be awesome, but it might be overkill considering this teams needs.

Jay Bruce would be my favorite target right now. Career 114 wRC+ vs righties, 136 this year. The Reds are in a full rebuild, so they should be open to trading in advance of the deadline, which is another important factor. He will be a bit more expensive due to next years $13 million option, but with Ortiz retiring, there is nothing wrong with having another solid bat in the OF/DH mix.
 

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I'm all for upgrading LF, but the fact that Holt has had a bad month isn't exactly earth shattering. Everybody has a bad month once in a while. And as bad months go, it's not that bad. He'll be the 710 OPS guy he always in when the 400+ ABs are logged.
 

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He ground out right before that and then got pulled for the defensive half of the inning. Seems most likely that he tweaked something.
 

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With Prince Fielder and his mega-contract filling the DH position (until 2020), Adrian Beltre a fixture at 3B (signed through 2018), and Nomar Mazara's emergence in the OF, the Rangers have no place to play slugging 3B/LF prospect Joey Gallo. The Rangers also happen to be a disaster at catcher - relying on a couple of Tigers castoffs to share the position because the immortal Robinson Chinros (31 years old and yet to see as many as 310 ABs in a major league season) is down with an injury.
I know prospect for prospect trades are rare, but a Swihart for Gallo trade makes a lot of sense for both teams. Gallo could step into LF this year and then be the LH power bat that replaces Ortiz at DH next season (if we assume Benintendi is ready to takeover LF in 2017). Meanwhile, Swihart fills a gaping hole at catcher for the Rangers.
 

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You think Rusney has issues at the plate you will love Gallo. No thanks.

Swihart is twice the prospect. If swihart is moved it's for a legit #2 arm
 

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Swihart isn't twice the prospect. Gallo was always consistently ranked higher. That 80 raw power is extremely rare. That said, I agree with your assessment. I'm not trading Swihart for Wily Mo Gallo.
 

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Swihart isn't twice the prospect. Gallo was always consistently ranked higher. That 80 raw power is extremely rare. That said, I agree with your assessment. I'm not trading Swihart for Wily Mo Gallo.

2015 Baseball America had both in the Top 15. I believe Swihart has more value due to the position and the obpct has climbed vs advanced pitching.
Gallo last year in Texas was terrible. 60 k's in 100 ab. Rookie jitters maybe?
 

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Ichiro? Playing well for the Marlins. Always good on defense.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/ichiro-is-old-and-good/
Unless we are committed to Swihart getting regular reps out there and that might be the answer after last night.
With Swihart's 1st year of pre-arb control a near-certainty to occur before the trade deadline (he hits 172 days AST today or tomorrow, I believe), there's no longer any trade-value based reason to keep him in AAA or develop him exclusively as a catcher. None whatsoever.

That ship -- and it's one I originally wanted to book passage on -- pulled up anchor when Blake was given AAA reps in LF, and it sailed when the team chose to call him up rather than Castillo. Since what's done can't be undone, the team may as well keep running Swihart out there as the strong-side platoon partner for Young and see what his bat can give the team. Because it sure seems he's making the team better at this moment, in this role.

Maybe as June turns to July and the deadline approaches, you reassess the personnel. But for now, the Sox are playing some incredible baseball, seem a really tight group of guys pulling for each other, and Swihart's been part of that.

The Sox may need Holt to play games at 2B instead of LF when his bell stops ringing, given the state of Pedroia's hammy. Plus, with Hanigan as dinged up and exhausted by catching the knuckleball as he looked last night, having a third player on the active roster credibly able to catch nine innings is a feature, not a bug.
 

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Ichiro? Playing well for the Marlins. Always good on defense.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/ichiro-is-old-and-good/
Unless we are committed to Swihart getting regular reps out there and that might be the answer after last night.
I like Ichiro, but that "hitting .385" is now "hitting .347" (back to back 0-5 will do that to someone with 78 total plate appearances this year). It's all SSS with him. A week ago he was hitting .326, then had 2 4 hit games. He's got no power (3 doubles, 0 3B or HR), too.
 

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With Swihart's 1st year of pre-arb control a near-certainty to occur before the trade deadline (he hits 172 days AST today or tomorrow, I believe), there's no longer any trade-value based reason to keep him in AAA or develop him exclusively as a catcher. None whatsoever.

That ship -- and it's one I originally wanted to book passage on -- pulled up anchor when Blake was given AAA reps in LF, and it sailed when the team chose to call him up rather than Castillo. Since what's done can't be undone, the team may as well keep running Swihart out there as the strong-side platoon partner for Young and see what his bat can give the team. Because it sure seems he's making the team better at this moment, in this role.
I'd like to make sure I understand this just a bit better, because several people have mentioned the 172-day issue. The main issue with service time, right, is that it dictates when pre-arbitration ends and when free agency starts.

Let's stay Swihart goes back down when Holt comes back from the DL and at that point he's at 175 service time days. That seems to get reported as some critical rubicon that gets crossed, but is it? Doesn't it only matter if he also gets 172 service time days next year and the year after? He still has options, so if the team (ours or a trade partner) waits a couple of weeks to bring him up, doesn't it get back the year of control?
 

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I like Ichiro, but that "hitting .385" is now "hitting .347" (back to back 0-5 will do that to someone with 78 total plate appearances this year). It's all SSS with him. A week ago he was hitting .326, then had 2 4 hit games. He's got no power (3 doubles, 0 3B or HR), too.
You're missing the point: They should trade for whoever gets hot; then, when they're not hot anymore, trade for the next guy who's hot
 
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I'd like to make sure I understand this just a bit better, because several people have mentioned the 172-day issue. The main issue with service time, right, is that it dictates when pre-arbitration ends and when free agency starts.

Let's stay Swihart goes back down when Holt comes back from the DL and at that point he's at 175 service time days. That seems to get reported as some critical rubicon that gets crossed, but is it? Doesn't it only matter if he also gets 172 service time days next year and the year after? He still has options, so if the team (ours or a trade partner) waits a couple of weeks to bring him up, doesn't it get back the year of control?
You are correct. If he ends this season with 1 year and X days, he can still be optioned next year to keep "X" under 172 by the end of next season.
 

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I am fine with keeping Swihart in LF and optioning either Hernandez or Rutledge when Holt is ready to come off the DL. Swihart has looked fine on defense to this point and should only get better with more reps off the wall. Holt is best used as a supersub and this scenario allows him to fill that role. Additionally, by keeping Swihart on the team, he can function as an emergency third catcher and allow the team to pinch hit for Hanigan or Vazquez if necessary without worrying about what happens if one is out of the game and the other gets hurt. Any game when Holt is not in the lineup he provides a reasonable LH pinch hitting option for the catchers. Then we see how quickly Benitendi progresses in Portland and decide if later in the year he is ready to help in LF. With the trade deadline 2 months away there is plenty of time to assess the viability of this plan and, if it proves necessary, go out and get someone else.
 

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You are correct. If he ends this season with 1 year and X days, he can still be optioned next year to keep "X" under 172 by the end of next season.
However, the Rubicon just crossed was Swihart's first year of pre-arb salary and club control as an MLB player.

When Swihart was sent down in April, he still had 6 full seasons of club control, and two full seasons of pre-arb minimum salary (since he'd be a super-two), in addition to 4 full seasons of arbitration-eligible salary, before he became a free agent.

Now, Swihart has only 5 full seasons of club control remaining, regardless how many days he spends on Boston's active roster.

A team that acquires him could use his options to stretch that over 6 calendar years, but there's still inherent trade value lost.
 

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I still say winning games today is more important than theoretical impact to trade value based on club control.
 

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I still say winning games today is more important than theoretical impact to trade value based on club control.
Since you are a fan of the team that has current control, sure.

The fan of a rebuilding club trading for Swihart to be their long-term C and a foundational piece during a window opening 2-3 years down the road, would likely think different. Especially since thinking different on the subject provides a reason for that team's GM to negotiate for an additional prospect, or a prospect of higher caliber, to be thrown into the package.

Both viewpoints are valid.
 

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However, the Rubicon just crossed was Swihart's first year of pre-arb salary and club control as an MLB player.

When Swihart was sent down in April, he still had 6 full seasons of club control, and two full seasons of pre-arb minimum salary (since he'd be a super-two), in addition to 4 full seasons of arbitration-eligible salary, before he became a free agent.

Now, Swihart has only 5 full seasons of club control remaining, regardless how many days he spends on Boston's active roster.

A team that acquires him could use his options to stretch that over 6 calendar years, but there's still inherent trade value lost.
Ok, understood. I guess if they are going to trade him this year, it makes sense, but I assume if the team is in contention he'll be on the club in September anyway so I don't think there was any way he was going to finish the year under 172.

I think it's pretty valuable to have an MLB ready third catcher in the minors who can be called up if needed, so I'm not really sure how much of a trade option he really is/was anyway before the cutoff this year-- I guess it would have to be pretty favorable to make it work.
 

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Swihart is now up to 108 OPS+ with a line of .276/.370/.400, after 8 games in the OF to go along with 6 at C...and some pretty fine plays in the field.

With these results actually happening, and with Sam Travis now out for the rest of the year with a torn ACL, Blake's not getting traded for pitching, or anything else either.

He's becoming too important to the 2016 team as a credible LF starter, as injury depth at C -- and oddly enough -- as injury depth for the 4 IF positions, too. Because with Swihart on the team, BROCKHOLT can come back as the IF/OF as well as the injury sub for any infielder (moving Shaw over to 1B if Hanley should hit the DL).
 

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Swihart is now up to 108 OPS+ with a line of .276/.370/.400, after 8 games in the OF to go along with 6 at C...and some pretty fine plays in the field.

With these results actually happening, and with Sam Travis now out for the rest of the year with a torn ACL, Blake's not getting traded for pitching, or anything else either.

He's becoming too important to the 2016 team as a credible LF starter, as injury depth at C -- and oddly enough -- as injury depth for the 4 IF positions, too. Because with Swihart on the team, BROCKHOLT can come back as the IF/OF as well as the injury sub for any infielder (moving Shaw over to 1B if Hanley should hit the DL).
I agree 100%. This is the structure that DD was likely expecting this winter except with Rusney filling the role Swihart is now filling as starting OF. (My guess is that DD really expected Young to be platooning with JBJ, but the essence of Holt as super sub remains.)
 

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He looks pretty darned comfortable out there, and his swing looks very, very good right now. Being able to concentrate, to a greater extent, on hitting, is likely going to help those numbers look less like "good hitting catcher" numbers, and more like "average hitting outfielder" numbers. I don;t know what all of this will mean down the line, but right now, on this team, in this moment, Swihart in left field vs. righties is really, really nice.
 

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He looks pretty darned comfortable out there, and his swing looks very, very good right now. Being able to concentrate, to a greater extent, on hitting, is likely going to help those numbers look less like "good hitting catcher" numbers, and more like "average hitting outfielder" numbers. I don;t know what all of this will mean down the line, but right now, on this team, in this moment, Swihart in left field vs. righties is really, really nice.
Yup. He's definitely looking like outperforming the preseason projections is a real possibility. That decision, plus the resurgence of Hanley and emergence of Sha really highlights how good the team is at identifying hitters in the grand scheme of things, despite the expensive misses on Castillo and Sandoval.
 

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Yup. He's definitely looking like outperforming the preseason projections is a real possibility. That decision, plus the resurgence of Hanley and emergence of Sha really highlights how good the team is at identifying hitters in the grand scheme of things, despite the expensive misses on Castillo and Sandoval.
WHAT?? That makes no sense. The players on the depth chart above Castillo and Sandoval are vastly outperforming them. How does that speak to their ability to identify hitting when the two players signed for MLB dollars suck and the two league min. internal options are so much better? Speaks to how far off the Cherington regime was at identifying big league players, despite an excellent farm system at their disposal.
 

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I know you can't really do this since it's across multiple levels but I will anyway. In 397 PA last year including the minors, Swihart had 24bb. In 176PA this year, he has 25.

WHAT?? That makes no sense. The players on the depth chart above Castillo and Sandoval are vastly outperforming them. How does that speak to their ability to identify hitting when the two players signed for MLB dollars suck and the two league min. internal options are so much better? Speaks to how far off the Cherington regime was at identifying big league players, despite an excellent farm system at their disposal.
They kept those internal players. They should get credit for identifying players like Travis Shaw and holding on to them. A farm system that produced X, JBJ, Shaw, Swihart, Betts in the last few years probably has a clue on how to identify hitting.
 

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Blake Swihart has a history of improving his hitting steadily as the season progresses. We are witnessing that now at the MLB level. I'm hoping that today's promotion of Castillo does not interrupt that.
 

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We'll see. Castillo's promotion presumably is to add another OF on the bench with JBJ gone and not have him actually play..
 

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We'll see. Castillo's promotion presumably is to add another OF on the bench with JBJ gone and not have him actually play..
Is Bryce Brentz not on the 40 man? Because he's actually proven he can hit this year in the minor leagues, unlike Rusney.
 

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WHAT?? That makes no sense. The players on the depth chart above Castillo and Sandoval are vastly outperforming them. How does that speak to their ability to identify hitting when the two players signed for MLB dollars suck and the two league min. internal options are so much better? Speaks to how far off the Cherington regime was at identifying big league players, despite an excellent farm system at their disposal.
They also identified guys like Victorino and Gomes, among others, who excelled in Boston. And you know, won 2 world series. There have been some busts, so keep holding out for that perfect GM!
 

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Is Bryce Brentz not on the 40 man? Because he's actually proven he can hit this year in the minor leagues, unlike Rusney.
He is. I don't think it really makes much difference. Brentz strikes out a ton and Rusney does have 300 PA of MLB experience. Neither one is going to stick around long, maybe they with Rusney because he has more versatility and could possibly pinch run as well.
 

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Is Bryce Brentz not on the 40 man? Because he's actually proven he can hit this year in the minor leagues, unlike Rusney.
Rusney can substitute defensively at all three positions, and potentially pinch-run for an out on the basepaths in a big spot.

Brentz can't play CF.
 

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If you ignore his contract Rusney makes sense as the short term 4th OF. He can play all 3 OF spots pretty well, pinch run. Can't hit good breaking stuff, of course since if he could he'd be our starter.
 

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I mean, it's hard to believe that I'm writing this, but with the Padres likely entering fire sale mode, is there a possibility for a Sandoval-Kemp trade? Both players are pretty close to worthless at this point, but Padres might be willing to surrender present value (a healthy left fielder) for potential future value.
 

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No. Their contracts are very similar, and Pablo is out for the rest of the year. Kemp probably has more future value than Pablo at this point.