Marcell Ozuna Watch - (Update: Traded to Cards Pg. 13)

[ZigZagCardsFan]

Ozuna >> Taylor and provides some insurance against the loss of Harper next offseason.

[JL21]

But you've got one more year of control on Taylor, he's much cheaper, and I'm not sure the gap between Ozuna and Taylor is so large that it's worth giving up valuable prospects to acquire it. And Ozuna only gives you one year of insurance after Harper leaves. Basically it's an upgrade in the short term, but I don't understand how it's even worth the hassle, and you probably end up shooting yourself in the foot in the long term.

[Popeye_Card]

unless they're just hell-bent on giving up on Taylor, which seems silly.

Is it that silly? He's a good defender, but it may be time to give up on his bat panning out. He's going into his age 27 season, and he doesn't have enough power to justify the mediocre OBP and Grichuk level K rates.

He basically is Randall Grichuk, only a year older and with slightly better defense. We're looking to upgrade over Grichuk. I can see why the Nats might do the same with Taylor.

[JL21]

Hmm... his ISO last year was .216 over 430 PAs, which is better than Pham, Marp, even Manny Machado... Hell, it's just a smidge below Daniel Murphy. It's upper quartile overall and it's 8th amongst all CFers. His plate discipline is not ideal, but he does walk more than Grichuk. And unlike Grichuk, Taylor has a progression upward- he just had a really good season. And his defense is a lot better than Grichuk's (which is no knock on Grichuk). It's not a slight difference.

To be blunt, I think he's also a guy you have to see, which I've had the benefit of doing. He's a lot better than you'd think from the outside, this year in particular.

There's a lot of room for negative outcomes- I get that part. But do you need to insulate yourself so much that you'll basically wipe out the top of your farm system for the 2nd year in a row, minus Robles?

[dmarx114]

Sounds like it's first and goal.

[letsgocards89]

[Big Amoco Sign]

Cool, more non-news

[go birds]

Sounds like it's first and goal.

in shotgun formation

[wart57]

Sounds like it's first and goal.

in shotgun formation

But it is a Jeff Fisher offense with the ball....

[sighyoung]