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Gogerty
Come on Atlanta, can never use enough talent.
steelerbravenation
Braves are not going for this guy. Albies/Swanson will both be up soon enough. That is our future which ever one they deem right for 2nd.
Gogerty
Agreed, but trade chips are trade chips. Imagine two great SS/2B, on the cheap. Elk look what we have up for Hector.
bravobravo
Tbh just because you have 2 good middle infield prospects doesn’t mean that you stop acquiring middle infield prospects. You always need talent in the pipeline. Either for trade or in case one or both are busts. Kevin Maitan and Yunior Severino are both highly touted middle infield prospects, but just because we have Albies and Swanson doesn’t mean that the Braves shouldn’t do everything they can to sign Maitan and Severino
A'sfaninUK
Might as well retouch that image to a Dodgers uni right now.
ASapsFables
Really? How many more second baseman do they need in their system?
Mediocre defense, virtually no base stealing ability (11/20 in steals over 8 seasons and 608 games) and little pop. Doesn’t look like a top MLB talent to me.
Ray Ray
How many did they need when they signed the last one? Or the one before that?
John Doe 6
Cmon padres get them all this year
thebare
I agree Padres is his best shot to the pro’s
bkbkbk
How does he not sign with the Angels. Cmon!
CursedRangers
The Angels have very little room left before they hit the luxury tax threshold. He doesn’t seem like a major difference maker. However, I would agree with you that if the Angels have some more payroll flexibility they might go after him
Phillies2017
I see him more as a bench guy on a national league team who gets more AB’s like when the pitcher is coming out. He has the high OBP so that will help his case, but the fact that he really doesn’t possess any other tools makes it a bit hard.
BlueSkyLA
I’m left scratching my head over the use of the term upside. If it’s already known that Fernandez is not a power hitter and is defensively mediocre, then where is the power and defensive upside? The term generally meaning something that becomes more valuable than it was or was thought to be.
thecoffinnail
Perhaps you missed the inclusion of the word “lacks” when they referred to his power and defensive upside.
That being said he has very similar stats to Miami’s Dee Gordon who also lacks power and defensive upside and he is known as a pretty solid 2nd baseman. Of course, Gordon possesses a plus speed tool which Fernandez seems to be without.
With no speed and an ISO of .130 in his last full season in Cuba I have to think he has a bit more power than what is believed. He could be a solid line drive hitter. That would make him an ideal candidate for Petco. Just a bit of speculation on my part. Regardless, with several high profile Cuban players flopping in their first full season in MLB I don’t think Fernandez is going to be signing a record breaking deal. Something similar to Baldoquin or Lopez probably gets it done. Again, just a bit of speculation on my part.
BlueSkyLA
It’s the use of the word “upside” to describe a player’s skill level that I questioned. Unless a team signs a player with the hope that he will perform better than expected in any given skill department, then there’s really no upside, there’s only getting what they paid for. Such as, I bought a baseball card for $20 and sold it for $100. That’s upside. If I can resell it for only $20, no upside.
bravobravo
The reason some of the cubans were getting huge deals is because of teams like Dodgers and the Red Sox. Just because Puig turned out good ( besides last year) they have to sign all these cubans to these huge deals. And Boston signing Castillo and then giving Moncada that huge deal for his age ( albeit he could be worth that deal if he develops quickly). It was like they didn’t even scout Castillo and just gave him that deal just because he was cuban and they were expecting him to be another Puig, Abreu or Cespedes. The deal the Diamondbacks gave Tomas was even stupid. Its teams like those that those cuban players were getting those huge contracts. Trying to find the next great Cuban player, but what they didn’t realize is that every Cuban player isn’t Puig, Abreu, Cespedes or even Chapman and what they signed was a bench player or AAA guy thats getting paid 8 figures. I think these teams are realizing that by looking at what the Dodgers and Red Sox did, that they shouldn’t give out these huge contracts to every unproven Cuban player. I know they have money to do that, but it still sucks to have a double digit million Cuban player sitting on your bench like Boston and cant do anything with him. I dont see this guy gettinf a big contract. Thats why Lazarito isn’t going to get the 15 mill per year that he wants unless a team is just stupid and wants to pay an unproven 16 year old Major League money.
roadapple
I can see the White Sox getting him. Brett Lawrie won’t last in the Windy Cindy as a second sacker.
ASapsFables
If Brett Lawrie doesn’t last on the South Side of Chicago it will likely be because of his defense at 2B. How does Miguel Fernandez help? They’d be better off with the smooth glove of Carlos Sanchez. It’s also possible that top prospect Tim Anderson may eventually move to 2B with concerns still remaining about his defense at SS as he debuts in AAA this season.
The White Sox traded Micah Johnson this offseason who was their top 2B prospect, in large part because of his questionable defense. Imo, Johnson would have been a far better MLB candidate than Fernandez. Both lack defensive ability, but aside from his low strikeout rate, he would appear to be a superior weapon on offense compared to Fernandez. Johnson has high BA, OBP and SB skills. He also has more power and is younger. His elite speed alone would play well in MLB. I just don’t see the White Sox having much interest in Fernandez as a MLB prospect.
noahflesh
Angels please
Dutch Vander Linde
Why I never see the Mets in any discussions for players from overseas
Ray Ray
They did sign that Jenrry Mejia kid a few years back. I wonder how he turned out.
PhilsPhan
*mic drop*
GarryHarris
Neither players are MLB quality.