In hindsight, sure.

At the time they released, he was a 27-year-old guy who by all indications was a quad-A player, at best. Who also was not a good fielder.

I'm a little more concerned that Benintendi and Pham are currently ranked ahead of 2 of our starters

And, there are basically enough guys ranked for every team in the MLB to have three OF'ers before the Royals even find a guy on the list.

:Lin:

Don't forget about Joey Wiemer!

That's because this is fantasy baseball and not real baseball. Platoon guys will never be ranked highly and fantasy considers defense irrelevant, and basically every outfielder we have is going to platoon in some capacity or Isabel is more valuable for his defense. The White Sox will probably play Benitendi every day he is healthy, so he's more valuable because counting stats matter more than anything else. Not that I'm saying our outfield is secretly
awesome or anything, just that these rankings have nothing to do with reality.

Deserved RC+ in 2024 per Baseball Prospectus

MJ Melendez: 90 DRC+
Andrew Benintendi: 81 DRC+

If you were going to draft one of these guys even in fantasy, you'd take the 26-year-old anyways.

Six weeks minimum, and his power will be zapped until 2026.

Speaking of fantasy baseball....anyone throwing together a CP league?

Im in one already but I would do another one

I'm pretty certain O'Hearn would not be this high on the list had he remained a Royal. I hope MJ puts it together this year with the new swing, but I'm kind of anticipating Melendez follows a similar path. He eventually winds up on another team performing better, and yet we won't really miss him at the same time.

Ohearn does not get enough ABs to be a viable starter in fantasy unless you pay attention enough to switch him in and out every other game

When they banned the shift I told you guys OHearn would greatly benefit and be a good MLB player.

BWillie is always wrong.

Did Pham sign with someone? He seemed to play good in limited chances with us.

Pham signed with Pittsburgh.

Today's game is example why they wanted India. He got on base, Bob got hit. Vinny hits a double. 2 runs in. Last year, that is one run.

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