Twins & Rays
Submitted by: sthpstm
Twins
Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JJ Goss | Minors | RHP | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | ||||||
Mason Montgomery | Minors | LHP | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Total Value:
7.5
Rays
Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Max Kepler | 29 | Majors | OF | High | 2 | 26.1 | 18.5 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 9.1 |
Total Value:
7.6
Comments
1ROFL.... Everyone looks at the Rays and says "They need a lefty bat. Kepler has a lefty bat and the Twins want to move him. Rays should want Kepler." Well, I don't see it. Kepler hits below 100 wRC+ with that lefty bat, which he has done in 5 of his 7 year career (not counting his 7 PA cup of coffee in 2015). He's gonna make $8.5MM this year, which is a big number for the Rays. His splits were almost identical last year, which means there is no platoon advantage with him. Yeah, he plays good defense but so does the Rays' Manny Margot. In fact, Margot hit RHP last year pretty well (88 wRC+), which was only a few points below Kepler's 94 wRC+, and Margot crush LHP to the tune of 160 wRC+ (which was dramatically better than Kepler's 98 wRC+). So unless the Rays trade Arozarena (who has a much better bat than either Margot or Kepler) or Margot (better player than Kepler and makes less money), there is absolutely positively no chance in hell that the Rays are going to trade for Kepler and pay him $8.5MM to be their 4th outfielder. Oh yeah, Rays aren't trading 2 top pitching prospects for Kepler either. Again, no chance of that happening.