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natsgm
Zim had one of the highest exit velocities this year to go with his .248 BABIP. Not saying he is going to light the world on fire but decent improvement seems inevitable.
todda1
Why would they move Harper to center and Turner to a corner? That makes zero sense to me.
natsgm
I dont think it ever suggests Turner to a corner outfield spot. Its just commenting that Harpers flexibility could allow them to pursue a corner outfielder instead of center fielder only. That assuming Turner does become the shortstop.
tylerall5
They’re not saying they will move turner to a corner spot, they’re saying they can pursue a corner bat and move Harper to center, meaning through trade or FA
Jeff Todd
Makes zero sense to me, too.
amishthunderak
I read it as a hint they plan to go after Cespedes.
If they can only buy one player and think they can get a considerably better corner outfielder than center fielder they move Harper to center. He’s what, 25?
Jeff Todd
Pretty much the guy who could drive such a scenario. It would be considerably easier to find a good corner OF or even a good CF than a good SS this winter. Moving Harper to CF probably isn’t ideal.
Bottom line is that, apart from going big for a premium bat (Cespedes), the Nats will probably be best off either signing (Fowler, maybe Desmond or Gomez) or trading for (Blackmon, I’d guess) a center fielder.
slider32
Turner is the best option in CF, the only question is do you want to make him into another Zobrist, Bryant, or Baez to give the manager more versatility.
Deke
I think MLBTR should have a “prediction” page. Where the writers can predict a signings (years and dollars) and trades. Then as they come to fruition we can see who is right most of the time. Can also keep track of rumors and see how often then become a reality.
Trades are harder though because they change so much but signings would be interesting.
Could also centralize the voting like “23% of readers predicted so and so would sign with Arizona for 5 million a year”. In fact y’all could run a competition for readers to predict stuff like this. Maybe just for the major players. Kinda like a fantasy league!
Phillies2017
They do, except adding contract values for extra points would be fun.
Deke
Sorry Phillies2017 I wasn’t clear. I know there are the individual polls that are taken. I’m thinking more of a table with all the main players, projected team, projected years, projected AAV. Does this exist? Am I missing it? You could still poll separately but just put the results in a table with all players, rather than individual polls. Not sure if I’m explaining this right.
It could be done for just writers or add readers with a leaderboard, points for getting the team, years and AAV right. Extra points for early calls! I think it would be cool. I personally would lose but I’d love to see how accurate some of this stuff is for the readers who follow this stuff really closely.
Anyway, just an idea I wanted to throw out there to see if anyone liked it? It would be like the Free Agent tracker but with predictions.
lonechicken
Nats have lots of prospect depth in CF. It seems to make sense to put Turner back at SS and get someone who can hold CF for 2-3 years. Or the Harper in CF option if they find a good bat that’s also a good corner outfielder.
If the chips fall into place, Harper can move back to RF in 2019 with Robles in CF.