That’s why I only really would consider him since he plays corner outfield as well. Otherwise I really only see trading for a super sub type guy like Castro. And of course assuming the Suarez bidding gets out of hand.
My point was they valued Jay being on the 40 over him. I didn’t say it was down to only Jay or Smith.
Edit: That sounds a little snarky. Just mean I agree with you and above is what I meant.
My perspective is prospect clutch until a guy is truly blocked in AAA by an MLB player, because odds are they aren’t going to make it anyway. So don’t worry about where your prospect lay, especially those below AA.
He was never as bad as people were portraying him as. He’s been a slightly below average first baseman in his career yes, but still a legit MLB player. He was just getting expensive in arbitration and had a terrible start on a terrible team this year.
Considering he's been above that for every year of his career until a really bad start with the White Sox this year, I think it would be a much lower percentile outcome if that is all we are looking for.
They still needed a 25 man spot and with Cameron not having any options, DFA isn't too surprising. Especially since no way he was going to stay once Perkins is ready so it is just coming a little early.
MLB Pipeline is bad.
Anyway Eric had him as the Brewers 11 last year but dropped him from a 40+ to a 40 prospect, mainly due to his power and defense not looking as favorable. His review of him is harsher than the Milwaukee review last year so I don’t understand the Red Sox bias comment. Projecting a guy as a most likely a reserve outfielder isn’t optimistic.
He will be non tendered next year barring some insane run, but maybe each party will like each other enough that he will be retained as a depth signing.
There’s not really a difference in difficulty level these days between AA and AAA so I don’t think that’s really something you need to test with before making your 40 man decision.
You don't need to catch the Cubs or win the division when there's 3 wildcards. It's pretty hard to not be in playoff contention unless you are flat out bad these days.