Guillorme was hitting every bit as well in AAA as Herrera, or as Danny Espinosa for that matter.
Those other guys will give you more power (15 HRs for DE, 22 for Dilson) but Luis's .307/.412 BA/OBA (w/7 HRs in fewer ABs than the other two) is nothing to sneeze at
and he's not nearly as whiff-happy -- exactly 100 each already for DH & DE in just 320 & 378 ABs vs AAA hurlers.
It's been a while since I've seen Espinosa play and, at 32 y/o, he may be slowing down at this point, but he was a terrific fielder at any infield position back in the day. As we saw
last night, Hechavarria & Guillorme can put on a show leather-wise. Dilson is the only one of that group who'd be faking it at SS; he barely played there in the minors and never in
ML. IIRC he doesn't have the arm and may not have the range.
The problem with having Hechavarria & Guillorme on the team at the same time is that they're pretty much clones of each other except that Guillorme swings lefty which, along with
already being on the 40-man, is what likely got him this week's call-up. Espinosa switch hits.
All things to consider.
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