Hosmer will get paid becuase he is the heart and soul and leader of a team that won the world series- but really- he has had 2 years where he was a reasonably above average major leaguer. I mean- i think he will have another one this year too....he was pretty awful in 12 and 14
He doesn't really have to hit much from what I have seen of him defense and base running wise to be useful. Bat to ball skills are actually good too. His pitch recognition leaves... a lot to be desired; hence the K's. I'd be unsurprised if he is Alcides Escobar 2.0 at some point.
They won't. The smart move is to trade him at the first smell of not making a legit WS run and get as much as they can for him... His value will never be higher than it will be this year at the trade deadline. If they traded Hosmer, Cain, and Escobar away.. they could probably land enough MLB ready talent to stay relevant and keep Moustakas.
so what... do you want to bet on cespedes repeating that at the age of 30 or Upton having the better seasons moving forward?
you have to be able to get on base to be a threat on the base path...
Yes, but it's still an asset nonetheless. Nobody disputes Mondesi has to be better, offensively, or else it's going to be pretty tough for him to be more than a very shiny UIF.
i don't even think he will be shiney.. the kid is possibly the most over hyped prospect in baseball.. his numbers are puke inducing.
i dunno...what does Upton do better- besides 20-30 points of obp? I think its close- but Cespedes was at 290 35/100 .870 ops last year...thats mvp consideration...id bet on Cespedes, but its not like there is a humongous difference...Cespedes plays better D too-- all though- both guys have been traded around quite a bit due to not having the best clubhouse reps...
20-30 points of OBP with equal HR power? lol.. that is huge. Cespedes has had one real legit season... upton puts up 25 hr and .340+ obp every year.
just saying- Cespedes reached 35 hrs, 105 rbis and an ops of 870.....Upton has reached 30 homers once (31 in 2011), never reached 105 rbis, and has not had an ops of over 870 since 2011....if i were to guess who would be BETTEr i would have go cespedes- especially considering the defense- but their is not a wide gulf there.
Lol.
you have to be the most pessimistic person i have ran into... hell.. maybe an earthquake will open a sinkhole and swallow the entire state of MI... lol
