hmoss859 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026 21:50 pm
If Greg Luzinski can play LF, I imagine this kid could too.
Serious upside.
Out of all the ideas I have seen kicked around here that reside in the realm of possibility, this is it. I would look to acquire him for not much and place him in left. He's young and had a nice year last year in limited PA's. The 331 OBP with a little improvement could be your leadoff. His baserunning value is 80th percentile and his raw sprint speed is 84th percentile. He has excellent arm strength and bat speed as well. There is a lot to work with.
At this late point in the game, he is a reasonable target - but only at a low cost (Pallante/Pozo/Romero).
The team needs a quality RH bat and he is absolutely terrible from that side.
At best, he becomes a LF option once Mootbaar has recovered from his latest life-threatening injury and is traded.
But that is really the only argument for acquiring him.
Bloom did several things well in the off-season but made 2 significant blunders - one of which was the unthinkable failure to acquire an MLB ready RH bat.
Domingues would leave that failure unaddressed.
hmoss859 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026 21:50 pm
If Greg Luzinski can play LF, I imagine this kid could too.
Serious upside.
Out of all the ideas I have seen kicked around here that reside in the realm of possibility, this is it. I would look to acquire him for not much and place him in left. He's young and had a nice year last year in limited PA's. The 331 OBP with a little improvement could be your leadoff. His baserunning value is 80th percentile and his raw sprint speed is 84th percentile. He has excellent arm strength and bat speed as well. There is a lot to work with.
At this late point in the game, he is a reasonable target - but only at a low cost (Pallante/Pozo/Romero).
The team needs a quality RH bat and he is absolutely terrible from that side.
At best, he becomes a LF option once Mootbaar has recovered from his latest life-threatening injury and is traded.
But that is really the only argument for acquiring him.
Bloom did several things well in the off-season but made 2 significant blunders - one of which was the unthinkable failure to acquire an MLB ready RH bat.
Domingues would leave that failure unaddressed.
I assume the other obvious blunder would be retaining Marmol?
hmoss859 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026 21:50 pm
If Greg Luzinski can play LF, I imagine this kid could too.
Serious upside.
Out of all the ideas I have seen kicked around here that reside in the realm of possibility, this is it. I would look to acquire him for not much and place him in left. He's young and had a nice year last year in limited PA's. The 331 OBP with a little improvement could be your leadoff. His baserunning value is 80th percentile and his raw sprint speed is 84th percentile. He has excellent arm strength and bat speed as well. There is a lot to work with.
At this late point in the game, he is a reasonable target - but only at a low cost (Pallante/Pozo/Romero).
The team needs a quality RH bat and he is absolutely terrible from that side.
At best, he becomes a LF option once Mootbaar has recovered from his latest life-threatening injury and is traded.
But that is really the only argument for acquiring him.
Bloom did several things well in the off-season but made 2 significant blunders - one of which was the unthinkable failure to acquire an MLB ready RH bat.
Domingues would leave that failure unaddressed.
Oh yeah i specifically said for not much.... And I like several others have been beating the drum for a REAL RH hitter. We shall see...
hmoss859 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026 21:50 pm
If Greg Luzinski can play LF, I imagine this kid could too.
Serious upside.
Out of all the ideas I have seen kicked around here that reside in the realm of possibility, this is it. I would look to acquire him for not much and place him in left. He's young and had a nice year last year in limited PA's. The 331 OBP with a little improvement could be your leadoff. His baserunning value is 80th percentile and his raw sprint speed is 84th percentile. He has excellent arm strength and bat speed as well. There is a lot to work with.
At this late point in the game, he is a reasonable target - but only at a low cost (Pallante/Pozo/Romero).
The team needs a quality RH bat and he is absolutely terrible from that side.
At best, he becomes a LF option once Mootbaar has recovered from his latest life-threatening injury and is traded.
But that is really the only argument for acquiring him.
Bloom did several things well in the off-season but made 2 significant blunders - one of which was the unthinkable failure to acquire an MLB ready RH bat.
Domingues would leave that failure unaddressed.
I assume the other obvious blunder would be retaining Marmol?
not getting a young controllable RHH OF is pretty important IMO.
I don't think I'd even use the word blunder, cuz there is still time.
hmoss859 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026 21:50 pm
If Greg Luzinski can play LF, I imagine this kid could too.
Serious upside.
Out of all the ideas I have seen kicked around here that reside in the realm of possibility, this is it. I would look to acquire him for not much and place him in left. He's young and had a nice year last year in limited PA's. The 331 OBP with a little improvement could be your leadoff. His baserunning value is 80th percentile and his raw sprint speed is 84th percentile. He has excellent arm strength and bat speed as well. There is a lot to work with.
At this late point in the game, he is a reasonable target - but only at a low cost (Pallante/Pozo/Romero).
The team needs a quality RH bat and he is absolutely terrible from that side.
At best, he becomes a LF option once Mootbaar has recovered from his latest life-threatening injury and is traded.
But that is really the only argument for acquiring him.
Bloom did several things well in the off-season but made 2 significant blunders - one of which was the unthinkable failure to acquire an MLB ready RH bat.
Domingues would leave that failure unaddressed.
Oh yeah i specifically said for not much.... And I like several others have been beating the drum for a REAL RH hitter. We shall see...
Im going out on a limb here , but I'm going to predict that Bryan Ramos turns into a very welcomed RH bat this year. Whether he can play the OF or not, I do not know, but he is a very good defensive 3b, so.....maybe?
hmoss859 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026 21:50 pm
If Greg Luzinski can play LF, I imagine this kid could too.
Serious upside.
Out of all the ideas I have seen kicked around here that reside in the realm of possibility, this is it. I would look to acquire him for not much and place him in left. He's young and had a nice year last year in limited PA's. The 331 OBP with a little improvement could be your leadoff. His baserunning value is 80th percentile and his raw sprint speed is 84th percentile. He has excellent arm strength and bat speed as well. There is a lot to work with.
At this late point in the game, he is a reasonable target - but only at a low cost (Pallante/Pozo/Romero).
The team needs a quality RH bat and he is absolutely terrible from that side.
At best, he becomes a LF option once Mootbaar has recovered from his latest life-threatening injury and is traded.
But that is really the only argument for acquiring him.
Bloom did several things well in the off-season but made 2 significant blunders - one of which was the unthinkable failure to acquire an MLB ready RH bat.
Domingues would leave that failure unaddressed.
There's no way they would trade Dominguez for a fledgling starter, backup catcher, and reliever in his last year of control. It would take MLB-ready talent or quality minor league prospects.
hmoss859 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026 21:50 pm
If Greg Luzinski can play LF, I imagine this kid could too.
Serious upside.
Out of all the ideas I have seen kicked around here that reside in the realm of possibility, this is it. I would look to acquire him for not much and place him in left. He's young and had a nice year last year in limited PA's. The 331 OBP with a little improvement could be your leadoff. His baserunning value is 80th percentile and his raw sprint speed is 84th percentile. He has excellent arm strength and bat speed as well. There is a lot to work with.
At this late point in the game, he is a reasonable target - but only at a low cost (Pallante/Pozo/Romero).
The team needs a quality RH bat and he is absolutely terrible from that side.
At best, he becomes a LF option once Mootbaar has recovered from his latest life-threatening injury and is traded.
But that is really the only argument for acquiring him.
Bloom did several things well in the off-season but made 2 significant blunders - one of which was the unthinkable failure to acquire an MLB ready RH bat.
Domingues would leave that failure unaddressed.
Oh yeah i specifically said for not much.... And I like several others have been beating the drum for a REAL RH hitter. We shall see...
Im going out on a limb here , but I'm going to predict that Bryan Ramos turns into a very welcomed RH bat this year. Whether he can play the OF or not, I do not know, but he is a very good defensive 3b, so.....maybe?
Ramos, Church and Saggese have some talent. And the opportunity is there for them.
hmoss859 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026 21:50 pm
If Greg Luzinski can play LF, I imagine this kid could too.
Serious upside.
Out of all the ideas I have seen kicked around here that reside in the realm of possibility, this is it. I would look to acquire him for not much and place him in left. He's young and had a nice year last year in limited PA's. The 331 OBP with a little improvement could be your leadoff. His baserunning value is 80th percentile and his raw sprint speed is 84th percentile. He has excellent arm strength and bat speed as well. There is a lot to work with.
At this late point in the game, he is a reasonable target - but only at a low cost (Pallante/Pozo/Romero).
The team needs a quality RH bat and he is absolutely terrible from that side.
At best, he becomes a LF option once Mootbaar has recovered from his latest life-threatening injury and is traded.
But that is really the only argument for acquiring him.
Bloom did several things well in the off-season but made 2 significant blunders - one of which was the unthinkable failure to acquire an MLB ready RH bat.
Domingues would leave that failure unaddressed.
I assume the other obvious blunder would be retaining Marmol?
hmoss859 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026 21:50 pm
If Greg Luzinski can play LF, I imagine this kid could too.
Serious upside.
Out of all the ideas I have seen kicked around here that reside in the realm of possibility, this is it. I would look to acquire him for not much and place him in left. He's young and had a nice year last year in limited PA's. The 331 OBP with a little improvement could be your leadoff. His baserunning value is 80th percentile and his raw sprint speed is 84th percentile. He has excellent arm strength and bat speed as well. There is a lot to work with.
At this late point in the game, he is a reasonable target - but only at a low cost (Pallante/Pozo/Romero).
The team needs a quality RH bat and he is absolutely terrible from that side.
At best, he becomes a LF option once Mootbaar has recovered from his latest life-threatening injury and is traded.
But that is really the only argument for acquiring him.
Bloom did several things well in the off-season but made 2 significant blunders - one of which was the unthinkable failure to acquire an MLB ready RH bat.
Domingues would leave that failure unaddressed.
Oh yeah i specifically said for not much.... And I like several others have been beating the drum for a REAL RH hitter. We shall see...
hmoss859 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026 21:50 pm
If Greg Luzinski can play LF, I imagine this kid could too.
Serious upside.
Out of all the ideas I have seen kicked around here that reside in the realm of possibility, this is it. I would look to acquire him for not much and place him in left. He's young and had a nice year last year in limited PA's. The 331 OBP with a little improvement could be your leadoff. His baserunning value is 80th percentile and his raw sprint speed is 84th percentile. He has excellent arm strength and bat speed as well. There is a lot to work with.
At this late point in the game, he is a reasonable target - but only at a low cost (Pallante/Pozo/Romero).
The team needs a quality RH bat and he is absolutely terrible from that side.
At best, he becomes a LF option once Mootbaar has recovered from his latest life-threatening injury and is traded.
But that is really the only argument for acquiring him.
Bloom did several things well in the off-season but made 2 significant blunders - one of which was the unthinkable failure to acquire an MLB ready RH bat.
Domingues would leave that failure unaddressed.
There's no way they would trade Dominguez for a fledgling starter, backup catcher, and reliever in his last year of control. It would take MLB-ready talent or quality minor league prospects.
Agreed.
But that is all he is worth.
That said, I would not object to a Hence for Dominguez swap as an alternative.
STL would benefit from both sides of that move.
hmoss859 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026 21:50 pm
If Greg Luzinski can play LF, I imagine this kid could too.
Serious upside.
Out of all the ideas I have seen kicked around here that reside in the realm of possibility, this is it. I would look to acquire him for not much and place him in left. He's young and had a nice year last year in limited PA's. The 331 OBP with a little improvement could be your leadoff. His baserunning value is 80th percentile and his raw sprint speed is 84th percentile. He has excellent arm strength and bat speed as well. There is a lot to work with.
At this late point in the game, he is a reasonable target - but only at a low cost (Pallante/Pozo/Romero).
The team needs a quality RH bat and he is absolutely terrible from that side.
At best, he becomes a LF option once Mootbaar has recovered from his latest life-threatening injury and is traded.
But that is really the only argument for acquiring him.
Bloom did several things well in the off-season but made 2 significant blunders - one of which was the unthinkable failure to acquire an MLB ready RH bat.
Domingues would leave that failure unaddressed.
There's no way they would trade Dominguez for a fledgling starter, backup catcher, and reliever in his last year of control. It would take MLB-ready talent or quality minor league prospects.
Agreed.
But that is all he is worth.
That said, I would not object to a Hence for Dominguez swap as an alternative.
STL would benefit from both sides of that move.
I'd do that trade. Or even Mathews for Doninguez even up.
hmoss859 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026 21:50 pm
If Greg Luzinski can play LF, I imagine this kid could too.
Serious upside.
Out of all the ideas I have seen kicked around here that reside in the realm of possibility, this is it. I would look to acquire him for not much and place him in left. He's young and had a nice year last year in limited PA's. The 331 OBP with a little improvement could be your leadoff. His baserunning value is 80th percentile and his raw sprint speed is 84th percentile. He has excellent arm strength and bat speed as well. There is a lot to work with.
At this late point in the game, he is a reasonable target - but only at a low cost (Pallante/Pozo/Romero).
The team needs a quality RH bat and he is absolutely terrible from that side.
At best, he becomes a LF option once Mootbaar has recovered from his latest life-threatening injury and is traded.
But that is really the only argument for acquiring him.
Bloom did several things well in the off-season but made 2 significant blunders - one of which was the unthinkable failure to acquire an MLB ready RH bat.
Domingues would leave that failure unaddressed.
There's no way they would trade Dominguez for a fledgling starter, backup catcher, and reliever in his last year of control. It would take MLB-ready talent or quality minor league prospects.
Agreed.
But that is all he is worth.
That said, I would not object to a Hence for Dominguez swap as an alternative.
STL would benefit from both sides of that move.
I'd do that trade. Or even Mathews for Doninguez even up.
Reasonable suggestion.
I would not do it, however.
The Yankees are not high on him. No, they won't come out and say that. The way that you know is the reduction in playing time as the season went on, and their offseason approach. They had 2 OF enter free agency, and rather than let that organically provide an opening for their 23 year old wonder kid, they re-signed them to big contracts. They are telegraphing their evaluation of the player. We would do well to believe them.
