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johnsilver
Remember not to awful long ago when fans writers, along with about everyone else in the game was saying mark Reynolds had little to no value?. He had plenty of power and played a position most would consider a bit tougher to find players for and was also somewhat of a poor fielder, just like Carter at that position (3b) and had a track record then, not to mention knew how to take walks and nobody was beating down any door to take on around the same salary due to Reynolds (4-5m) just 5y ago.
I see virtually no market for Carter.. A Dave Kingman ultra lite type player, unless Houston is looking to pay much of his salary, or like Baltimore did with Arizona? Give up very little in exchange for Reynolds.
A'sfaninUK
There’s always a market for home runs. Carter is as pure a DH as they come, but his hitting suffered this year because the Astros decided to acquire a similar styled power hitter in Evan Gattis, forcing Carter to play 1B.
I’d much rather have Carter than V-Mart, Billy Butler, Adam LaRoche, Nick Swisher and even Gattis himself. He’s a DH upgrade on at least half a down teams, Carter’s biggest flaw is his inconsistency. If he stayed hotter longer he’d regularly launching 40-50 bombs a year.
Also the comp with Kingman is way off, Carter walks and K’s more than Kingman, showing some kind of idea of the zone. Kingman was a hacker, Carter’s a hitter.
johnsilver
It’s the amount of money Carter is going to be due via arbitration that will be the stumbling block in moving him this winter, just like it was for mark Reynolds several years back. Teams just aren’t that willing to pay much for people who can’t field, get on base, or do anything except hit *maybe* 30 or so HR, even as a DH and it’s not like he’s a superb run producer either.
I could see some valu, as he got paid in the 4-5m range, but that’s about it, his arbitration raise could drive that up to the 6.5-8m range, not sure where it will end up and it’s just too much for even a DH when teams are not paying people that much for DH’s that don’t meet the Ortiz level now.
Nothing against the guy personally, only judging him from performance with how others have been treated like him.
ianthomasmalone
The Rays should only shop Longoria with his permission. He signed a team friendly deal to be the franchise star. He left millions on the table to do that.
Philliesfan4life
I would like the angels to get Longo, but I wouldn’t want them to sell the farm for him, Not sure who the rays would ask for
A'sfaninUK
Losing Strasburg in addition to Zimmermann doesn’t sound like a wise move, unless the Nats are thinking about being in the Price/Greinke market.
mookiessnarl
Lack of power isn’t really a concern. The young core of the Red Sox will improve their power with a bit of time. Bogaerts will likely hit for more power next season as he matures physically. Their real concern is a lack of bullpen. You can be fine playing a line drive game a hitting a ton of doubles. You cannot be fine without a bullpen.
baronbeard
I don’t really see what anyone says about diminishing power from Longo. He is still hitting in the same area he had always hit. Still stealing bases. And still is arguably the best defensive third baseman in baseball right now. What are you comparing him to? The power of Donaldson? I’ll take consistency.
basquiat
The Indians owners are not going to pay Alex Gordon what he will command in FA. This is their annual tease to season ticket holders.
Weighed
AJ Reed will take Chris Carter’s place at 1B… Hopefully for a long long time. Carter will end up on a bench in Colorado or Milwaukee.