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Monkey’s Uncle
Presley is always going to be a fringe major leaguer, but he’s a good depth signing. He’s smart, has a team-first attitude, and runs the bases well. He really shouldn’t play CF but handles the corners just fine.
Deke
Where are the holes in his game? I see his name all the time so clearly teams like him but I’m curious as to whether there are any glaring holes?
altuve2017mvp
He doesn’t hit the ball 400 feet.
altuve2017mvp
In other words he is a dime a dozen
Deke
Thanks. He doesn’t seem to hit well for average either which is the reason for the “holes” question. Looking at his stats you’re totally right he does seem to be a “dime a dozen” player but someone always seems to want him.
mcase7187
Teams want him because he’s a good club house guy and doesn’t have his head up his azz line most players and he can run that always a need especially in the playoffs
mcase7187
“Like”
Monkey’s Uncle
Never had any power. Has usually hit for a decent average, before last year at any rate. Average at a number of things but not really great at anything. In other words, a decent backup OF.
MLBTRS
More organizational depth and certainly not the answer in CF. Avila is under a lot of pressure to justify the trade of Maybin. A contender with a competent GM doesn’t lose a serviceable player without an upgrade or at least an equal but less expensive replacement.
DeadliestCatch
Just wait until the season starts and Maybin misses 60-90 games. Then itll be justified.
bleacherbum
If Maybin still played on Detroit but he doesn’t anymore, so no it won’t be justified.
bradleybaseball19
His point is that the 9 million or so you are spending on Maybin for the 2017 season is largely a sunk cost if he continues to do the only thing he’s ever done consistently in the major leagues, which is spend time on the DL. If you’re Avila and you want to compete, you need that money for players that will contribute more
oldleftylong
Spot on, Bradley. Cannot invest 9M in the injured reserve list.
MLBTRS
Note that I used the term “serviceable”. No MLB player is signed for 162 games and there’s no such thing as a DL predictor. Using Maybin’s history as logic, most MLB pitchers wouldn’t have a job or would be signed for a lot less than they are now.
MLBTRS
If his past DL stints were such a concern, Avila wouldn’t have traded for him, or for that matter, a GM could sit in the corner in a fetal position over the possibility that they could sign a pitcher who could blow out his arm on any given day, which applies to ALL pitchers and a host of position players as well. Look at Nelson Cruz who was on the DL a LOT during the early part of his career, and now he’s not only cranking out 40hr a year but with no more strained hamstrings. If a GM is going to be concerned about DL’s as a big factor in player signings, he’s got a club that’s going nowhere, along with his career as a GM.
MLBTRS
Maybin was only a starter since 2011 and even then he would have platooned a lot, so you’re reference is relatively short period. It’s not exactly a DL predictor because he takes a 95MPH heater on the wrist or blows out his knee (yeah, V-Mart sucks because he did the same). GM’s sign these guys because they know that injuries are mostly a matter of luck.
The notion of the “injury prone” athlete is mostly BS .
stymeedone
Tell that to Brandon McCarthy.
MLBTRS
Well, that’s a good example, but I did say “mostly”.
ronnsnow
I remember saying when he first came up with the Pirates he was Jacoby Ellsbury Jr….lol
66TheNumberOfTheBest
Are you the “scout” that Huntingdon keeps saying likes Drew Hutchison to justify the Liriano deal?
ronnsnow
I am. I’m also the guy who told Dave Littlefield to ask the Mets for Ty Wigginton instead of David Wright in the Kris Benson deal.
Monkey’s Uncle
I don’t remember that review, but I’d do remember some thinking that he was the Bucs’s lead off hitter for the next 5-10 years. Uh… nope.
stymeedone
The Tigers have Gose and Collins as possible left side platoon candidates. Pressley is needed for the right side. If nothing else, he’s better than Aviles, who was last years candidate in LF. Of course, that’s not saying much. I’d rather see Craig Gentry signed.