Personally, I still want Y in LF for 81 games. Don’t GAS about modern metrics. My eyeballs tell me he plays a sound LF and has a much stronger more accurate arm than Chas. He is not a China doll. He wants to play there. Keep him happy. Of course, in my perfect world he would play 1b but either he refuses or Astros don’t think he can.
He was on pace for about 152 or 153 games until that slide, so he CAN play a full season (or close). But there have been plenty of missed games for “soreness” etc.
FWIW, I think he’s a better fielder than the numbers showed, but not as good as other options.
Personally, I still want Y in LF for 81 games. Don’t GAS about modern metrics. My eyeballs tell me he plays a sound LF and has a much stronger more accurate arm than Chas. He is not a China doll. He wants to play there. Keep him happy. Of course, in my perfect world he would play 1b but either he refuses or Astros don’t think he can.
He was on pace for about 152 or 153 games until that slide, so he CAN play a full season (or close). But there have been plenty of missed games for “soreness” etc.
FWIW, I think he’s a better fielder than the numbers showed, but not as good as other options.
I also think he’s faster than numbers show, too.