For those wanting Soler, apparently he's looking for 3 years. Sounds like interested teams are willing to do 2 years. I would pass on 3 years.
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Soler got 3/42 apparently. Certainly some upside there, he's proven to be an amazing power bat when things are going right. But things haven't gone right for him more often than not, and he's pretty much a zero if he's not hitting quite a bit. Never thought he was a good fit for us being an inconsistent righthanded defensive liability, certainly not at that number.
Yes and no. Graveman is on the 40 man and he can go right to the 60 day IL with no problem- he's never needing a spot again. LMJ and Garcia both can obviously go on the 60 day as soon as practical. We essentially have 3 spots open right now, 1 of which we will never need again.
You have to leave open the possibility of an extension for Graveman. It could be a good prove it extension.
Looks like he walked more than he struck out too. The only red flag I could find was a very low pitches per plate appearance, indicating a very free swinging attitude but at the DSL level I do not really hold that against a prospect. It may be as simple as they need some extra cash to sign someone they like better.
Because he's 22 and been playing against high school aged kids. It would be troubling if he wasn't dominating. It is weird they left him in the DSL for 2 years despite being older and having success.
Yea, the runway for this guy to be a useful big leauger is short. He's likely going to be old-for-level at every stop. That's going to be make it hard to gauge performance.
