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hojostache
I’d love to see him w. the Mets…as his upside (assuming he makes the transition) is that of a $75-$100m+ player. The Mets are resistant to trading any of their top-end pitching, so this would be the best way to acquire top talent. He is a risk bc of his age and the talent jump, but they have a need like few other teams….with their hideously anemic offense as of late.
bigjonliljon
From the “outside the box” section….. Cubs could sign him to play 3rd and move Bryant to LF.
hojostache
Oh man…that would be disgusting (in a good way). They should have some concern about their pitching over the next few years, but they should easily be able to field the most talented lineup in the majors for years to come.
hakunamoncada
The Cubs already have another solid 3B option in Javier Baez. Javy is showing gold glove defense and has been much improved at the plate this year. I don’t think Yulieski is an option for Chicago’s north side.
Priggs89
While I do agree that Yulieski isn’t a great option for the Cubs, both of your points on Javy are pretty inaccurate. His defense at third has been pretty average, and he hasn’t really improved all that much at the plate. He only has a .921 fielding percentage at third, and his range has been basically average. His DRS is also negative at third… On offense, his strikeout rate is down, which is nice, but his walk rate is down too. His BB/SO is basically the same as last year. He’s not getting on base, and he’s shown only a slight increase in power. His line drive percentage is down significantly, his soft hit percentage is up significantly, and he’s pulling the ball way too much. His advanced stats have been much more similar to 2014 than 2015 (which would be a downgrade). Luckily, he has cut down on the strikeouts, which is a huge improvement. But to say he’s been “much improved” is a stretch at best.
They don’t need Yulieski because they won’t have a spot for him once Schwarber is back. Sure, it could work this year with moving Bryant to left, but where does that leave Bryant/Schwarber next year? They’d be better off rotating between Bryant/Baez/whoever else at 3B/LF this year and waiting for Schwarber to get back next year. Then Baez can go back to the super utility role until Zobrist is done. Yulieski would just be a waste of money and space.
hojostache
Ideally I’d love him to sight at 3/$34 with a 4th year club option of $12m, but he’ll probably get 4yrs up front if there are more teams bidding on him.
greg 14
Don’t the Dodgers have exactly this guy in Howie Kendrick? 32 year old who plays 2B, 3B and a little LF?
cjh815
Well if goes know then mostly likely sign with contender but if he want to play with his brother . Which has come out he does . And you add to fact this not about money since they come from money in Cuba . Then I could see one team that he could come to and start at third base and his brother bye some time next year could come up and play with him and that is Atlanta Braves . Ex specially since they let it know they will go over the spend limit this year. Braves news bats and with 3rd base and really 2nd base not lock down yet . Don’t give me albies . Where I like him he still not up and proved him self at majors . And in tell any prospect no matter how great they mite be in minors . The majors is different beast. So like saying 3b, 2b and once they trade beckham and Aybar they will not have proven as on the roster so going into next year I would put ss in tell Swanson and albies prove them self to be every day short stop in the majors. I still like my trades . They make since but we will see .
Gogerty
Don’t know which I liked better “ex specially” or “in tell.”
Miklo916
Lol
stymeedone
Wow, you bothered to try to interpret that?!
formerjuicer
He claims a 148 I.Q. though
bluegorilla
Yeah, the Cubs have a need at 3B… That Bryant guy sucks.
bigcubsfan
Lol. I also thought it didn’t make much sense when I read it, but they were talking about moving Bryant to LF permanently. I don’t think the Cubs need him because they can play Baez at 3B until Schwarber comes back next year to play LF, and Baez has been hitting well enough to keep getting starts.
notagain27
How can you put a comp value of David Wright and Hanley Ramirez on a guy that’s 32 years old and never had any major league dirt on his spikes??? Come on Ben!!
bbgods
Where is Gurriel now? I would expect him to sign with an independent team just to get up to speed. Mets could absolutely use this guy and his little brother when the time comes.
Blue_Painted_Dreams_LA
Well he played in Japan so he’s not as rusty as a lot of Cuban players. Why risk serious injury at this point when his probably only huge paycheck is right around the corner?
billysbballz
Yanks should be in on both brothers and be open to every trade avenue possible to trade Castro and Headley even if it means eating some of Headley money owed to him. This Guriel bat is suppose to be middle of order and if you attach his brother you now have a better farm system.
yanks02026
Why would they trade Castro.
Jorge Soler Powered
How many more Cuban flops will it take before teams stop paying for these guys? If a team wants to sign a Cuban who can play 3B, I heard Alex Guerrero is a FA. And could probably put up the same numbers as this guy, all the while being paid mostly by L.A.
johnsilver
I don’t know if they quit signing them, or simply cut down on bonus money by a significant amount until they are seen more, which players should be able to now with cuba ‘supposedly” a more open society we are told by our fearless leader.
Rusney Castillo for instance, isn’t without his positives. He’s a really good defensive OF who also runs very well. He just hits at the ball downward and plays the game with his head somewhere it really isn’t capable of reaching.. You know.. Like BJ Upton has been for the last several years, at least until this year.. Maybe it’s because Castillo got all that money and came from nothing, or maybe he he just doesn’t care.. I don’t know, but u watch him play and he makes some of the most ill conceived mistakes imaginable, just like Upton.
I lay it on the money aspect myself. Call it the Candy Maldonado effect.. Original culprit.
g55s
Meh, I’m over the Cuban invasion.. outside of Cespedes and Chapman, none have become major starts. Puig’s numbers have gone down every year. Abreu still playing well but not like his rookie year.
Rusney is a bust. as well as several others…
kil0
C’mon Jorge do your homework (start with Baseball America, baseballamerica.com/tag/yulieski-gourriel/). No Cuban has put up the numbers he has and over such a considerable amount of time. Not seasons, decades. He has not only played, but starred, against some of the world’s best talent in the Olympics and the World Baseball Classics (BTW, how many gold medals does the US have, eh?). Plus, even if he doesn’t hit MLB pitching, like that poseur Alex Guerrero, he plays gold glove level defense at multiple positions, hardly ever strikes out and essentially walks as frequently as he kays, so his talent floor is still replacement player level, if not considerably higher. BA’s Ben Badler has proven his knowledge of talent and if he says the guy plays like David Wright or Hanley Ramirez, in their primes, then it speaks volumes of his upside. A very smart team will not let this kind of talent slip away.
Priggs89
Hello, White Sox. Since they’re opposed to rebuilding, they might as well add a potentially nice bat in his prime.