Aquino ?

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(02-18-2020, 12:59 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: I still have high hopes for Aquino because, he's as has been stated a good defender with a strong arm. If he can hit .265 with 30 HR's and 80-90 RBI's and add in the defense......

I just don't have a lot of faith in Castellanos, Winker and others being long term options.

He's never done this in a non-juiced ball season.

He's a career .248 hitter in the minors, and was a 20 HR kind of guy. 20 in 2018, 17 in 2017, 23 in 2016.

Would be nice to be wrong, but I don't think I am on this one. Would sure feel a lot better if he didn't follow up that monster August with that absolutely horrible September. Just like we saw with Dietrich, one great month doesn't mean you are suddenly a good batter.

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Castellanos I don't expect him to be as good as he was in the half-season with the Cubs, but he is still a career .277/.326/.471 hitter, and a .287/.337/.505 hitter over the last three years. Only like a 25 HR/yr hitter, but he's hit 140 doubles over the last 3 years, including 104 doubles the last two years. I just worry about his defense a bit, but there's less and less balls in play these days so it might not matter that much.

Winker is a legit starter in a platoon. Career .285/.379/.466 hitter, which looks even better if you put him in a platoon with Ervin considering Winker is a career .307/.396/.511 hitter against RHP, which makes up the majority of the league (and there's no more LOOGY anymore with the 3 batter minimum in 2020).