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    Ron said it several times on here and someone must have finally took note. Put Steer in that cleanup spot and leave him there.
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    Re: Spencer Steer

    If Steer is volunteering to play in LF or RF please accept and try to make it work. That resolves a big issue even though I think he and the Alonso clone in AAA could alternate at 1B/DH.

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    Re: Spencer Steer



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    Spencer Steer started every single game in May, and he hit .318.

    The league made adjustments against him, and Steer adjusted back.

    He had the 17th best OPS in all of baseball in May, right in between Mookie Betts and Ronald Acuña



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    Re: Spencer Steer

    I could see Steer being fine if LF. At some point either Steer or India is going to have to go out there IMO.

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    Re: Spencer Steer

    Cincinnati’s Spencer Steer Believes in Contact and Backspinning Line Drives: A fangraphs Q. & A. with Spencer Steer by David Laurila

    David Laurila: Tell me about yourself as a hitter.

    Spencer Steer: “There are a lot of ways I could go about answering that. I’ll say that for my entire life as a baseball player, it’s been, ‘Hit the ball.’ I try to keep it that simple. Obviously, that’s changed over time — how I go about it — but I’ve always prided myself on putting the ball in play. If you do that, you’ve got a chance to get on base. If you’re striking out, there is a zero percent chance you’re getting on base.”
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    https://blogs.fangraphs.com/cincinna...g-line-drives/

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    Re: Spencer Steer

    I think Steer is a middle of the order bat who needs to be in the line-up every day. I stick him at 1B, where he looks like the best defender we've had there in my lifetime and let him play. If moving him around means he's only in the line-up 4 or 5 days per week, I say no. If he could play RF, that would be great, but I'm not as convinced. I thought he looked shaky at 3B and not sure I agree that he'd be a solid defender where-ever you put him.

    I love the guy as a 1B.
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    Re: Spencer Steer

    Quote Originally Posted by mth123 View Post
    I think Steer is a middle of the order bat who needs to be in the line-up every day. I stick him at 1B, where he looks like the best defender we've had there in my lifetime and let him play. If moving him around means he's only in the line-up 4 or 5 days per week, I say no. If he could play RF, that would be great, but I'm not as convinced. I thought he looked shaky at 3B and not sure I agree that he'd be a solid defender where-ever you put him.

    I love the guy as a 1B.
    While he does show versatility, I like him as Votto's heir-apparent at 1B too. Maybe I'm old school, and not opposed to versatility; but I believe players like to play a consistent position they call "home", where they're comfortable playing, and will excel.
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    Re: Spencer Steer

    Quote Originally Posted by mth123 View Post
    I think Steer is a middle of the order bat who needs to be in the line-up every day. I stick him at 1B, where he looks like the best defender we've had there in my lifetime and let him play. If moving him around means he's only in the line-up 4 or 5 days per week, I say no. If he could play RF, that would be great, but I'm not as convinced. I thought he looked shaky at 3B and not sure I agree that he'd be a solid defender where-ever you put him.

    I love the guy as a 1B.
    A little off topic, but how does a gm make this trade. You got two major league all stars imo at the very least average big leaguers. All this for Tyler Mahle. This was a great trade.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mth123 View Post
    I think Steer is a middle of the order bat who needs to be in the line-up every day. I stick him at 1B, where he looks like the best defender we've had there in my lifetime and let him play. If moving him around means he's only in the line-up 4 or 5 days per week, I say no. If he could play RF, that would be great, but I'm not as convinced. I thought he looked shaky at 3B and not sure I agree that he'd be a solid defender where-ever you put him.

    I love the guy as a 1B.
    FWIW, small sample but the defensive metrics (UZR, OAA, DRS, Rtot, Rdrs) are all pretty down on Steer. Especially OAA, which has him as one of the worst defenders in MLB
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    Yeah, I don't see the love for Steer as a defender. I think he's serviceable, but that's about it. I actually believe CES might end up a better defender at the position. (Eventually.)

    I'd like to see if Steer can handle RF. Statcast says his arm is a noodle, fwiw.

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    Re: Spencer Steer

    Quote Originally Posted by mth123 View Post
    I think Steer is a middle of the order bat who needs to be in the line-up every day. I stick him at 1B, where he looks like the best defender we've had there in my lifetime and let him play. If moving him around means he's only in the line-up 4 or 5 days per week, I say no. If he could play RF, that would be great, but I'm not as convinced. I thought he looked shaky at 3B and not sure I agree that he'd be a solid defender where-ever you put him.

    I love the guy as a 1B.
    I don't think we want a sub 6 ft guy as our regular 1B.

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    Re: Spencer Steer

    Quote Originally Posted by Rdirtypirates View Post
    A little off topic, but how does a gm make this trade. You got two major league all stars imo at the very least average big leaguers. All this for Tyler Mahle. This was a great trade.
    It has the potential to go down as one of the better all-time Reds' trades. Time will tell but I'm liking the early returns.
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    Re: Spencer Steer

    I don't know if 1b should be his permanent home, but Steer has shown so far that he's an everyday player. I'd find a spot for him and leave him there.

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    Re: Spencer Steer

    Quote Originally Posted by MoneyInTheBank View Post
    FWIW, small sample but the defensive metrics (UZR, OAA, DRS, Rtot, Rdrs) are all pretty down on Steer. Especially OAA, which has him as one of the worst defenders in MLB
    He was poor early and small samples will take a while for that to catch up. He seems better every day. At this point, I think he's very good over there. I'm not sure how far back it counts since I was pretty young and probably didn't know what I was looking at, but I've been watching since the Gordy Coleman days and the only 1B who seemed as good to me defensively were Driessen and Benzinger
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    Quote Originally Posted by mth123 View Post
    He was poor early and small samples will take a while for that to catch up. He seems better every day. At this point, I think he's very good over there. I'm not sure how far back it counts since I was pretty young and probably didn't know what I was looking at, but I've been watching since the Gordy Coleman days and the only 1B who seemed as good to me defensively were Driessen and Benzinger
    Over the course of 34 games, which is too small of a sample for the stats (where some say he's REALLY bad), he went from poor to the best defensive 1B in our lifetime?
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