chibears55
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Starting to think their leaving Baez down now to get and keep his value back up for a trade at some point
What made me disappointed was bringing Baxter up instead of Andreoli. All it shows me is they are going to stick it out with Cog's in LF vs trying to add speed to the line up. Cog's give very little value to the line up. Sure he has hit a few HR's but right now he is a 1 trick pony at that. Adding a element like speed to the 9 spot could have more impact on the line up.
But Baxter is the classic filler bat. Looking over his stats he is a clone of Cogs. Lacks power for a corner OF. That was a wasted move.
I don't agree with every decision they make. That is for sure. The way they have been handling LF this year is a joke. They could have trying to commit to Alcantara. Maybe he would have had better results with constant play vs being jumbled around. So I don't agree with that. Baez needed to fix his approach. Seems like he has. Why they are not bumping him up? Well seems like they are committed to Castro/Russell as their MI now. Why they are not trying to move Baez to another spots keeping him at 2B/SS? Again a head scratchier.
In view of this removing a 3rd string catcher? To be honest Ross is better. Sure he is older but back up catchers are always easy to obtain in the off season and a whole bunch cheaper than Castillo's arb price.
Over all this move did not bother me. The return was not exciting but we are talking about a 3rd string guy that has suspect catching skills.
You can say over and over that he was valuable. But the facts have shown otherwise. Nobody wanted him.
Starting to think their leaving Baez down now to get and keep his value back up for a trade at some point
Castro is batting .266. His SO% has gone up. He is still making errors at a high pace. Right now I'm wondering if they are going to finally trade Castro.
The thing with Baez is he is taking BB's now. That and his power makes him the one with the highest top end of the 3. Russell is the best D SS of the 3. Castro right now just looks bad at the plate. He makes flashy plays but 7 errors after 2 months. That is a 21 error pace. Which is his norm. So Same D and worse BA going on.
Maybe it is the time to sell him before his value drops and his ticket starts to go up.
The thing that makes Castro valuable is his BA. He rarely takes BB's. His D has always been suspect. So the 1 thing that has made him valuable was his ability to hit near .300. Him hitting .266 takes away from the only reason to want him over Russell and Baez.
I think they should look into centering a deal around Castro to get a SP. They would have to add a few pieces around him but he is still young and is proven. I just believe he has capped out as a player and the Cubs have better options now.
Castro will get it going again. As fans, we have perhaps not been in this situation in a long time where the Cubs can be competitive and also have prospects trying to push from AAA. Every day the scenario changes from trade Baez to trade Castro. The season really has to play out.
Castro is batting .197 this month. Its a bad a month. His defense is actually a plus 1.2 WAR. Its his stick in the negative. He will get going again. His BABIP dropped over 40 points this month and he keeps a higher then average at bat. He has struck out more but not a huge increase. This is an over reaction and not going to happen.
Addison Russell is still K'ing over 30 % this month. He has a ridiculous high BABIP of .384 and I watched him just drop a routine pop up. He isnt a lock by any stretch. Maybe they do trade Castro one day, but this isnt the year.
Castro is batting .197 this month. Its a bad a month. His defense is actually a plus 1.2 WAR. Its his stick in the negative. He will get going again. His BABIP dropped over 40 points this month and he keeps a higher then average at bat. He has struck out more but not a huge increase. This is an over reaction and not going to happen.
Addison Russell is still K'ing over 30 % this month. He has a ridiculous high BABIP of .384 and I watched him just drop a routine pop up. He isnt a lock by any stretch. Maybe they do trade Castro one day, but this isnt the year.