marcosantinia12

Nolan Arenado. Elite defense and offense at premium position. I think that it could be done given the Rockies current rebuilding state. Arenado would give them a a great player for years but I think that they would bite if we made a deal around Newcomb, and a few other prospects... hell, throw Freese in there. Their hitters will hit in that park and they would probably benefit from focusing on acquiring high-upside young pitching as opposed to offense which they will get anyways.

I second that. The thing is he is getting event better. Yes, he has sacrificed a lot of his game for power and I don't think je will go back to being a 50 stolen base guy but I think that he will definately be a .310 hitter with 40 + homeruns yearly. Last year, he established himself as a power hitter, and this year he's 9 homeruns away from last year with still a bit under half of the year to play. I wonder what his stats were through july 20th of last year as compared to today. Regardless, he will finish better this year unless he goes through another slump like last year's all-star break. I think that a lot of the worry about trouts future (and the thought that he may become into a great player as opposed to immortal) was because he failed to adjust last year. It hasn't affected him at all this year though so it seems to me like there is no correlation from last year's post all-star break performance to his future performance. Crazy thing is, hes actually gotten better. His OPS+ this year is at his career high, even more so than his already legendary seasons. As he gets older, i think that he will grow his ability to distinguish balls and strikes and his obp will rise. I wouldn't be surprised to see him hit 50+ hr, .320/.420/.620 in the future if he hasn't already peeked. That's UNHEARD of today.

Im going to boldly go with Mookie Betts(out of all non 1st tier players). His bat line isn't too impressive at .277/.338/.464 due to a slow start, but he's adjusted to the pitching and has been hitting .364/.400/.645 over the last month. Will he keep this up? of course not , but I think it is a better indication of his future than his slow start. He has a line drive/groundball swing which, with his speed, shows that he should be able to hold a high average. Im thinking he will be a .290 - .310 easily with decent pop and great speed. Hes one of the best defensive players aswell at a premium position and actually the outfielder who covers more ground than anybody in the majors. The kid is a rookie and 22. I think he is completely overlooked. And another fact to throw out there, he is ranked #9 for position player WAR in the mlb , #6 in the AL.

Listening to the broadcasters talk about Arenado being the best defensive 3rd baseman in the game, Machado immediately came to mind. I'm not too familiar with the defensive metrics and from my understanding, they're pretty flawed anyways... so who in your opinion is the best fielder of the two? Also, with the third base need that we have, if you were given a choice of either one, who would you take (disregarding what it would take to acquiring them)?

Dude is on fire ! If it wasn't for a one at bat game he would have a 17 game hitting streak right now. Regardless of him not making spectacular plays every game or having spectacular hits, he PRODUCES every single game. Aside from his hits, he has some pop and is an RBI machine. What do you guys think, what's his ceiling? Even though he only ha 150 + ab's his numbers are resembling his minor league numbers, so he should have a great upside right? Where will he fit in the lineup this year and how expendable are Bourjous, Trumbo, or even himself?