A .750 OPS 2nd baseman isn't exactly the Hope Diamond.
Phillips contract isn't in the top 10 of things Krivsky did wrong. Castro, Stanton, Coffey, Freel, Cormier, Gonzalez, Ross, Valentin....
We've all seen the threads on here, how much dead salary does this team have right now?
This team is going to have to replace both Griffey and Dunn at the end of the year as well. Think of how ugly the offense will get then.
He's entering age-prime years. I'd figure 30 HRs again is a stretch (he had more than a few "just made it" homers last year), but I think 20 HRs is very realistic. Pencil him in for around 20-25 SBs as well, which augments his doubles power. His OBP was .331 last year, and I think he'll walk a few more times this year (he's already on pace for 50 walks this year) and push that closer to .340.
If he's giving you that -- roughly ~.800 OPS -- he has value at his contract level.
And yes, I think his defense is just about as good as it gets at 2B.
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So Daryl Thompson's 4 good starts all of a sudden makes the trade a good one?
How about what he did with Brendan Harris?
Or Cody Ross for that matter?
Think of how much offensive talent he has shipped out and got very little return for.
Pena
Kearns
Lopez
Harris
Ross
Hamilton (not saying that wasn't a good trade)
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