beckdawg
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Trulo has not played at all star capacity sense 2014.
wRC+ 2014 at Coors: 170
2015 101 that was his trade year.
2016 104
2017 79
Now playing on astro turf most likely caused his bone spur issue but he was pushing a 170 at a highly suspect ball park.
I believe that he is a downgrade to Russell. Pure and simple. He is not the same guy that ripped apart mile high. But looking at him as ridding Russell and getting a cheap fix is ok I guess.
But to expect a bounce back might be a reach. 100 wRC+ might be it for him.
There is a coors effect obviously but he still has been a career .269/.338/.453(112 wRC+) outside of coors. Zobrist hit .305/.378/.440(123 wRC+) last year. So sure to an extent it's a downgrade albeit a small one. You're talking about a difference of 27 OPS. But that's kind of ignoring the point. The point is moving Zobrist potentially allows you to sign Harper. Harper in a down year was a 135 wRC+ in RF. Heyward was 99 wRC+ the last year and while he'd likely be still with the team him and Almora in CF would also upgrade that.