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First Base, 2015

Edgy MD Oct 23 2014 09:08 PM

Hopefully, unless a lot of things move around, there won't a lot to be looking for in the marketplace, save for a possible right-handed caddy, and some fringer to share 1B and DH in AAA with Allan Dykstra and Brandon Allen. Two things jump out when looking at this list. 1) Was there or wasn't there advocates last year for the team to bring in Kendrys Morales and/or Carlos Peņa? I know there was supposedly some team interest in Corey Hart. 2) Was Victor Martinez really that good? Look at those walks and strikeouts. That's raking. When trying to guess which free agents had good years, it's always a good bet to pick the Tiger over the Mariner, but man, that has to be one of the great walk-year performances on record. The Incumbents Dude Age Level G (G@1B) PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Rtot/YR Duda 28.72 MLB 153 (146) 596 514 74 130 27 0 30 92 69 135 3 2 .253 .349 .481 .830 -2 Campbell 27.54 MLB 85 (18) 211 190 16 50 9 0 3 16 17 55 3 0 .263 .322 .358 .680 -6 AAA 33 (17) 163 141 39 50 15 0 3 24 20 20 3 1 .355 .442 .525 .967 Satin 29.83 MLB 25 (8) 43 35 2 3 2 0 0 3 6 14 0 0 .086 .256 .143 .399 12 AAA 100 (25) 440 374 50 108 27 1 9 49 61 79 1 3 .189 .386 .439 .825 Murphy 29.56 MLB 143 (1) 642 596 79 172 37 2 9 57 39 86 13 5 .289 .332 .403 .734 0 The Comers Dude Age Level G (G@1B) PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Dykstra 27.43 AAA 117 (61) 439 343 62 96 23 3 16 74 84 97 0 0 .280 .426 .504 .930 Allen 28.69 AAA 98 (59) 375 320 64 85 11 2 13 52 51 67 2 1 .266 .368 .434 .802 A+ 5 (3) 25 17 3 8 3 0 0 5 7 2 0 0 .471 .640 .647 1.287 Teagarden 30.84 AAA 55 (7) 211 178 32 54 7 0 14 39 30 59 0 0 .303 .403 .579 .981 A+ 2 (0) 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Rk 4 (0) 12 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 .200 .333 .400 .733 Brown 30.03 AAA 103 (4) 446 385 65 109 26 1 21 69 52 87 2 0 .283 .372 .519 .892 Flores 23.21 AAA 55 (2) 241 220 43 71 11 2 13 57 16 39 0 2 .323 .367 .568 .935 Plawecki 23.66 AAA 43 (1) 170 152 25 43 6 0 5 21 14 21 0.421 0 .283 .345 .421 .766 AA 58 (0) 249 225 33 73 18 0 6 43 16 27 0.421 0 .326 .378 .487 .864 Boyd 23.81 AA 119 (73) 477 413 60 121 22 2 8 59 52 67 2 1 .293 .382 .414 .796 Burgamy 33.32 AA 121 (32) 527 450 80 124 32 1 23 76 71 101 6 2 .276 .376 .504 .880 Lawley 25.53 AA 120 487 447 61 105 29 1 10 69 35 134 4 3 .235 .292 .438 .730 The Foreigners Dude Age Level G (G@1B) PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Rtot/YR Billy Butler * 28.51 MLB 151 (37) 603 549 57 149 32 0 9 66 41 96 0 0 .271 .323 .379 .702 2 Adam Dunn 34.95 MLB 25 (0) 76 66 6 14 1 0 2 10 6 27 0 0 .212 .316 .318 .634 0 Michael Cuddyer 35.59 MLB 49 (14) 205 190 32 63 15 1 10 31 14 30 3 0 .332 .376 .579 .955 -35 AAA 1 (1) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 AA 3 (1) 13 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .182 .308 .182 .490 RK 5 (2) 22 19 5 11 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .579 .591 .895 1.486 Corey Hart 32.58 MLB 68 (2) 255 232 17 47 9 0 6 21 16 59 2 0 .203 .271 .319 .590 0 AAA 19 (0) 77 70 8 20 4 2 4 9 7 13 0 0 .286 .351 .571 .922 Adam LaRoche * 34.96 MLB 140 (136) 586 494 73 128 19 0 26 92 82 108 3 0 .259 .362 .455 .817 2 AA 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 A+ 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 Victor Martinez 35.83 MLB 151 (35) 641 561 87 188 33 0 32 103 70 42 3 2 .335 .409 .565 .974 -36 Kendrys Morales 31.34 MLB 98 (27) 401 367 28 80 20 0 8 42 27 68 0 0 .218 .274 .338 .612 0 Mike Morse 32.59 MLB 131 (43) 482 438 48 122 32 3 16 61 31 121 0 0 .279 .336 .475 .811 -3 Carlos Pena 36.44 MLB 18 (13) 63 59 4 8 3 0 1 2 4 11 1 0 .136 .190 .237 .428 -10 AAA 20 80 74 12 22 3 0 4 8 5 15 0 0 .297 .350 .500 .850 *Has option for 2015, likely to be declined.

Centerfield Oct 27 2014 09:53 AM Re: First Base, 2015

Lucas Duda will be 29 years old next year. It will be interesting to see if his name is floated around in any trade rumors. I wonder if we have seen a breakout year or a career year.

Edgy MD Oct 27 2014 09:56 AM Re: First Base, 2015

I'd be very surprised if they seriously considered trading him. Starting over at first would be really hard at this point. I do think they'd seriously do well to find a big league outfielder who doubles as a first baseman, so they have another right-handed alternative to Campbell. Cuddyer fits that costume to me, but I have little idea where he's gonna fall, salary-wise.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 27 2014 10:10 AM Re: First Base, 2015

Tigers are prepared to "spend what it takes" to retain Victor Martinez, since they are already counting Scherzer as a goner. Apparently the Injuns also see him a key a to the AL Central race so I think he's gonna make a pile of $$; not a spot for the Mets to invest unless they're also trading Doodoo, but that wouldn't make a lot of sense. Cuddyer makes a lot of sense: Can play RF and 1B Clubs historically don't like moving infielders around like this but you could also use Flores as a platoon first baseman vs. lefties and as a regular SS other days. My suspicion is they use him at 2B everyday, however.

Edgy MD Oct 27 2014 10:33 AM Re: First Base, 2015

They also could have some Gary Carter fun at first, and play d'Arnaud there once a month, giving Duda a day off against lefties and keeping d' in the lineup without crouching.

86-Dreamer Oct 27 2014 01:58 PM Re: First Base, 2015

Edgy MD wrote: Two things jump out when looking at this list. 1) Was there or wasn't there advocates last year for the team to bring in Kendrys Morales and/or Carlos Peņa? I know there was supposedly some team interest in Corey Hart. 2) Was Victor Martinez really that good? Look at those walks and strikeouts. That's raking. I admit it - I advocated for both Morales and Drew Edgy MD Oct 27 2014 02:08 PM Re: First Base, 2015 But you're innocent of the sin of Amor de Peņa. That's got to be worth something. Edgy MD Oct 27 2014 02:18 PM Re: First Base, 2015 How did your 2014 first base plans work out? smg58 Oct 27 2014 02:35 PM Re: First Base, 2015 Well I somehow missed that whole thread, so I'll get in on this one reasonably early. Campbell wound up with a sub-.700 OPS, and his good first impression was boosted by an unsustainable BABIP. Sell high, if possible. Cuddyer would be awesome as a platoon 1B/interleague DH/bat off bench, but I'd be shocked if nobody offers him more than that. His outfield defense is bad enough that I wouldn't recommend a major investment. I do consider a good righty bat a need, but I'm not sure what our other options are. I got the impression last season that Corey Hart might reward the second team to take a flier on him, so maybe him if the price is cheap.