Centerfield Depth Chart

[Edgy MD]

2. [CROSSOUT]Nimmo[/CROSSOUT]


4. [CROSSOUT]Almora[/CROSSOUT]


6. [CROSSOUT]Pillar[/CROSSOUT]


8. [CROSSOUT]Conforto[/CROSSOUT]


10. [CROSSOUT]Fargas[/CROSSOUT]


12. Maybin


14. Lee

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: [CROSSOUT]Nimmo[/CROSSOUT] [CROSSOUT]Almora[/CROSSOUT] [CROSSOUT]Pillar[/CROSSOUT] [CROSSOUT]Conforto[/CROSSOUT] [CROSSOUT]Fargas[/CROSSOUT] Maybin Lee Me

[Centerfield]

What's Granderson up to these days

[Edgy MD]

Juan Lagares has started five games in a row for the newly Troutless Angels.

[Edgy MD]

And lest it go unremarked on, Maybin and Lee, the now-numbers one and two on the team's depth chart, have combined to bat .029 in 35 at-batz.

[LWFS]

Perhaps a cheap option/just DFA'ed in San Francisco: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/braden-bishop/17806/stats?position=OFKhalil Lee, Centerfield Edition (erstwhile prospect with offensive offense/superlative defense Braden Bishop)



Similarly/of similar provenance: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/dee-gordon/8203/stats?position=2Ba semi-familiar face/part-time CFer (DFA'ed over the weekend... and at least he's got bunting experience)

[Edgy MD]

I was totally ready to pitch DSG this morning. Good on you.

[Lefty Specialist]

[Benjamin Grimm]

When did Dee Gordon become Strange?

[Edgy MD]

Last year, he changed his name in honor of his late mother, who was murdered when he was a child.



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It actually had always been his legal name, and Dee Gordon was his stage name. Similarly, Tom Seaver's real name was George Thomas Mellancamp.

[seawolf17]

George Thomas COUGAR Mellencamp.



Also, methinks Tebow quit too soon.

[Lefty Specialist]

Yeah, we woulda seen Tebow by now. He couldn't be a worse hitter than Maybin.



Hell, I could go 0-19 and I'd even pay THEM a buck.

[roger_that]

You all don't know how to spell "Death" apparently.

[nymr83]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Yeah, we woulda seen Tebow by now. He couldn't be a worse hitter than Maybin. Hell, I could go 0-19 and I'd even pay THEM a buck.

Tebow would at least sell jerseys while going 0-19

[86dreamer]

cross DSG off the list of possible replacemets



https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/cubs-sign-dee-strange-gordon-following-nico-hoerners-hamstring-injury-per-report/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/cubs-sign-dee-strange-gordon-following-nico-hoerners-hamstring-injury-per-report/

[Edgy MD]

I figgered that train had fled the station since while Milwaukee was releasing him, they were claiming Hager and trading us McKinney.

[LWFS]

I'm annoyed about not getting some Strange, a little.



But getting, say, https://www.fangraphs.com/players/delino-deshields/11379/stats?position=OFLil' Delino-- currently languishing at AAA for the Rangers, as they enjoy/examine Adolis Garcia... and likely a defensive upgrade on both a healthy Almora AND a healed Pillar-- might help ease that burning annoyance... and be semi-realistic, to boot. Failing that, one of the other bargain brands denoted https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mets-trade-targets-five-realistic-players-the-banged-up-nl-east-contenders-could-acquire/here could work:



-- Medium-sucky at all three positions https://www.fangraphs.com/players/brian-goodwin/12858/stats?position=OFBrian Goodwin, CWS



-- "Feast or famine" post-hype prospect with real pop https://www.fangraphs.com/players/sam-hilliard/17954/stats?position=OFSam Hilliard, COL



-- Poor-man's Nimmo https://www.fangraphs.com/players/lamonte-wade-jr/18126/stats?position=OFLamonte Wade, SF



(The https://www.fangraphs.com/players/mike-brosseau/19683/stats?position=2B/3BMike Brosseau suggestion is also intriguing, even if he hasn't played CF; the versatility alone would be very, very helpful)

[Edgy MD]

Such is the stuff of GM-ing — figuring out the best of a lot of bad options.

[bmfc1]

What about Mason Williams? Not the "Classical Gas" composer but the current Syracuse CF? He's 29 so it's not like he's a top prospect but he's hitting (albeit at the AAA level) which separates him from Maybin and Lee.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Need a 40-man move to get him. I suppose we could dump Tovar.



Or Maybin

[MFS62]

What about Mason Williams? Not the "Classical Gas" composer but the current Syracuse CF? He's 29 so it's not like he's a top prospect but he's hitting (albeit at the AAA level) which separates him from Maybin and Lee.

He was originally drafted by the MFYs, and is the grandson of former major leaguer Walt "No Neck" Williams.

Something may be cooking on the transaction front because he was taken out of the game after hitting that grand slam.



Later

[Frayed Knot]

He was somewhat of a prospect with the Yanx for a tear or two.

Didn't know about the Walt Williams connection although BBRef lists Mason as grand-nephew to Walt rather than grandson.

He's much taller than his uncle but Walt (listed at 5' 6") would have been much taller if he, y'know, had a neck.

[MFS62]

Back in the lineup in the second game- 1 for 1. Now hitting .396.

When I clicked on his name in the MiLB gameday box score, it gave his stats, when he was drafted and said grandson.

Guess the references have to get into synch.



Later

[Edgy MD]

Walt Williams is definitely Mason's great uncle. Mason's dad, as mentioned earlier this season in another thread, was (and, in a sense, still is) NFL wide receiver Derwin Williams. Walt was Derwin's uncle.

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: [CROSSOUT]Nimmo[/CROSSOUT] [CROSSOUT]Almora[/CROSSOUT] [CROSSOUT]Pillar[/CROSSOUT] [CROSSOUT]Conforto[/CROSSOUT] [CROSSOUT]Fargas[/CROSSOUT] Maybin Lee

Mallex Smith probably deserved to be included here. He's a domino that fell early.

2. [CROSSOUT]Nimmo[/CROSSOUT]


4. [CROSSOUT]Almora[/CROSSOUT]


6. [CROSSOUT]Pillar[/CROSSOUT]


8. [CROSSOUT]Conforto[/CROSSOUT]


10. [CROSSOUT]Smith[/CROSSOUT]


12. [CROSSOUT]Fargas[/CROSSOUT]


14. Maybin


16. Lee