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chris hines
negative 28 runs saved over the last two seasons at SS for Lowrie, I’d take him at 2B over the other two in a heartbeat but he’s not a SS to me.
If I’m down to Drew vs Cabrera I’d take Drew only because I fully believe Cabrera gets 3-4 years and I’d rather have flexibility at the position over going longterm with someone I barley like.
SacredLegend
I’d have to go with Drew, you could probably resign him for a broken bottle and a bent fork, and maybe get lucky he reclaims his lifetime numbers.
Vandals Took The Handles
Uh, is that what Scott Boras’ clients get?
Drazthegr8
Droobz was a catalyst on the Nats. I’m afraid he’ll get too expensive to bring back but wish we could…
chris hines
Is that a real nickname?
Drazthegr8
At least in Washington it is.
chris hines
Awesome.
Allismileo
In Washington DC or state?
Joe Orsatti 2
I don’t trust Cabrera’s bat, but I love his glove; I trust jeds bat and glove but not 100% and I think drew is a catastrophe contract waiting to happen. I think Bonifacio and Mike Aviles (if his option is declined) will be the bargains of the middle infield market.
chris hines
If Drew makes enough to be considered a catastrophe then Boras is by far the best agent in all of baseball. I just can’t see him pulling down more than 7M on the high end of a 1 year deal, much more likely in the 4-5M area.
Bradley Maravalli
The only way Stephen Drew gets $7 million or more would be based on incentives.
chris hines
Agreed. Honestly he really doesn’t even deserve a guaranteed contract after this past season, he still provides value on defense at a key spot though and is young enough to expect some sort of bounce back so 4-5M sounds about right.
Vandals Took The Handles
All of these guys cry out for a one-year incentive-laden contract with possibly a team option for year 2.
Arizona is sitting in the catbirds seat with a SS to trade. Even Romaine or Suarez of the Tigers at low salaries are better investments.
bgardnerfanclub
A month ago I was screaming at Stephen Drew from the left field seats. But, after a month of reading up on all these SS’s, I would sign him. Sigh. I think I might owe him an apology.
Uatu The Watcher
I won’t apologize to him, but I would do a one-year incentive laden deal for about 6 million and let him and Ryan split time there.
Bryan Ma.
I think the question needs to be more specific.
Which Shortstop Would You Rather Sign For Your Team? Cabrera
Which Shortstop Would You Rather Sign For Your Friends Team? Drew lol
Mikenmn
Drew is going to be fascinating to watch. I wouldn’t be shocked if he (tells Boras) to take the first decent offer out there. I think he’s better than last year, which is a pretty safe bet, but there’s also the question of what the reaction of management is going to be. Which FO is going to want to pay any significant money (let’s even say $5-7M) and run the risk of him falling flat? It’s a very tough call. I’m not sure there really is an analogy to Drew’s situation to draw some comparisons to.
Bradley Maravalli
Stephen Drew flashes the leather well so even if his bat does not come back to life, he can easily be worth while as a SS, but personally, I think Drew’s bat will come back as he will have Spring Training and a full season on his side this time unlike in 2014. The other two do not have that excuse on their side.
chris hines
If he hits anything close to the .162/.237/.299 he hit this year I don’t care if he’s the best defensive SS in baseball (note: he’s not close to that) he wouldn’t be able to make up for that lack in offense.
The thing with a bounce back is how much you should expect him to rebound, he’s only had an OPS over .713 once in the last 4 years afterall. Plus the one year he had an above league average bat he hit .283/.367/.491 at Fenway and .222/.295/.392 everywhere else. That’s before you even get into the fact that he was .196/.246/.340 against LHP in 2013, .129/.194/.177 against LHP in 2014, and .228/.285/.378 against LHP career.
So I’d expect him to be better than his 40 wRC+ this year but he’s still at his best a below league average platoon bat. He doesn’t have to hit quite league average to be a valuable player as you mentioned but even if he comes close to his 2012 (80 wRC+) output and matches something similar to that slash line of .223/.309/.348 he’s still probably a below average all around player.
Destry
Its sort of a trick question as Drew is the only SS of the three. Cabrera and Lowrie are 2B playing horrible defense at SS.
Jack Miller
Lowrie has always had a solid bat and played okay defense, the highlight of which was a triple play as a member of the Sox. When he is healthy he’s one of the top 10 shortstops in the game and I feel like a reunion could be in order.