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Cal possible 1st baseman in a few years
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 3:12 am
by Codebrown
Thoughts? Ford moves up, our issue with 1st baseman is gone and by then the rest of the infield is remarkably better.
Re: Cal possible 1st baseman in a few years
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 4:01 am
by Donn Beach
Cal won a platinum glove as the best defensive catcher in MLB this past season and we move him to first base, okay
Re: Cal possible 1st baseman in a few years
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 4:32 am
by Southpaw773
It he remembers how to hit
Re: Cal possible 1st baseman in a few years
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 4:44 am
by bpj
If he can become a better hitter it could work.
The way he's hit so far in his career though, it would be a code brown.
Re: Cal possible 1st baseman in a few years
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 4:54 am
by Donn Beach
He had a 119 ops+ last season
Re: Cal possible 1st baseman in a few years
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 5:05 am
by Sports Hernia
Eventually, when his knees start to go.
Re: Cal possible 1st baseman in a few years
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 10:23 pm
by Vogelbomb
bpj wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 4:44 am
If he can become a better hitter it could work.
The way he's hit so far in his career though, it would be a code brown.
Agreed. Makes no sense. If you play him 105x you play him 105x behind the plate. So be it. His bat isn't good enough right now and 90 percent of his value is catching
Re: Cal possible 1st baseman in a few years
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 10:24 pm
by Vogelbomb
Sports Hernia wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 5:05 am
Eventually, when his knees start to go.
who says his knees will go? they've changed from the typical crouch to the leg down for a reason
Re: Cal possible 1st baseman in a few years
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:34 pm
by Captain 97
If you switched him to 1B Cal would drop to like a 2.5-3.0 WAR player with the positional adjustment.
His bat is elite at catcher where he was 2nd in baseball in WRC+ Put him at 1B and he is slightly above average at a 12th in baseball. Maybe his bat improves a bit without the stress of catching but he is quickly approaching his 30's so its not likely to take any large leaps.