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POSITION REPORT: Shortstops
Flavio Cortines (Tal 7/7/4/6/6) was last year’s starter at SS. Great range with unsteady hands make him a questionable defender. His skills at 2B and 3B are similar. Unfortunately, he’s a liability with a bat, with a career line of 275/337/362. He’s in the final year of a $2.4m per year contract. Again, he bats/throws lefty and has a cannon. Maybe I should take Cortines and 3B Brown and make them pitchers?
Marvin Bastarache (Tal 5/6/4/8/4) is barely worth mentioning. The 36yo has a career .623 OPS, and shouldn’t be considered for a spot on the roster. He has one year left on a $440k contract.
OVERALL THOUGHTS: I need to upgrade either here or at catcher, but I can’t have two sub-700 OPS clogging up the lineup regularly. Cortines might make a great backup INF, but he’s a lefty, and I’ve already got 3B Brown. He might be traded.
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