The Marlins have acquired first baseman Peter O’Brien from the Dodgers in exchange for cash, tweets Matthew DeFranks of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. It’s a homecoming of sorts for O’Brien, a Miami-area native, though he’s been assigned to the team’s Double-A affiliate in Jacksonville for the time being. He wasn’t on the Dodgers’ 40-man roster, so no corresponding move is necessary for the Marlins.
O’Brien, 27, came up through the Yankees minor league system as a catcher noted for his tremendous power, but he’s bounced all over the diamond thanks to questionable defensive skills and has ultimately settled in at first base. He’s had a rough start to the season with the Dodgers’ Double-A affiliate, hitting .150/.241/.390. While he’s shown his typical brand of impressive power, clubbing seven homers in 112 plate appearances, he’s also struck out at a 38.9 percent pace so far.
The Marlins will be the seventh organization for O’Brien, who went from the Yankees to the D-backs in the 2014 Martin Prado trade and has since bounced from the D-backs to the Royals, Reds, Rangers and Dodgers in a series of smaller trades and waiver claims. He’s a career .176/.228/.446 hitter in 79 Major League plate appearances and has slashed .254/.306/.495 in 1162 plate appearances at the Triple-A level.
Any word on his defense?
Reviews by independent sources do not really substantiate (or as these youngins say: “rave”) a helpful defensive ability that could competently excel at the major league level.
TL;DR: He doesn’t get rave reviews
AND it lives!
Doesn’t get rave reviews….
I love that this is still a thing. I had forgotten all about it.
May this joke never die.
Harrumfph
When he retires, MLBTR needs to get him on here and just do like a once a week post where he talks about random stuff and gives it rave reviews or not rave reviews:
Avengers Movie: Rave Reviews
JR Smith’s play in last night game: Not rave reviews
Lol, love the idea.
Think he Should’ve stayed at catcher and kept working on his defense. would’ve given him a better chance at getting back to the majors
He does not get rave reviews as a catcher.
He couldn’t throw the ball back from behind home plate. Don’t know how that develops for a catcher, but it’s pretty alarming.
Rube Baker in Major League 2.
Blake Swihart would like a word.
Has he played 1B at all? If so, does his defense at that position draw rave reviews?
Not his choice.
I am so happy to see that this joke stayed alive. There’s going to be some party poopers who come on here and complain about it, but I for one am thrilled to keep it going.
Rave Reviews: The Peter O’Brien Story
another Sweet Lew Brinson bat? One was already too many.
The defense of the rave-reviews comments here gets rave reviews.
You get a rave review for that!
The fact that this meme is still a thing has rendered me unable to even.
The other day I was thinking back to the rave review time and could not remember who the player was…mystery solved. I’ll sleep better tonight