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holiday was a gold glover when he was young,duncan was about the worst I ever sawStrummer Jones wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 20:08 pmMatt Holliday and Chris Duncan come to mind.BrockFloodMaris wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 20:04 pmI suspect Herrera will be fine in LF. I’m sure John Jay has been working with him on positioning and jumps. How bad could he be? We’ve had some pretty meh defensive LFers.RunSup wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 19:56 pm+1. Plus he has legs. He can run.Cusecards wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 19:40 pm Yes....why not????
His bat plays. So....if you move him out from behind the plate??
Which makes sense since he is below average defensively there and we are loaded with catching prospects.
Where does he fit??
DH is an obvious spot. But....if you don’t want to tie that position down with one man then you experiment with him at corner OF.
BTW....if he has physically held up catching I think he can handle LF??
As for his defense out there we’ll see?
Holliday and Duncan handled it.
Plus all everybody talks about is finding a RH OF!
I wonder? Is it a “coincidence” that his first start in LF is with one of the NL’s top ground ball pitchers on the mound??
A DH only Herrera is trade bait. Herrera viable at a defensive position or 2 is an asset.
Matt holliday was never a gold glover.jbrach wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 21:08 pmholiday was a gold glover when he was young,duncan was about the worst I ever sawStrummer Jones wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 20:08 pmMatt Holliday and Chris Duncan come to mind.BrockFloodMaris wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 20:04 pmI suspect Herrera will be fine in LF. I’m sure John Jay has been working with him on positioning and jumps. How bad could he be? We’ve had some pretty meh defensive LFers.RunSup wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 19:56 pm+1. Plus he has legs. He can run.Cusecards wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 19:40 pm Yes....why not????
His bat plays. So....if you move him out from behind the plate??
Which makes sense since he is below average defensively there and we are loaded with catching prospects.
Where does he fit??
DH is an obvious spot. But....if you don’t want to tie that position down with one man then you experiment with him at corner OF.
BTW....if he has physically held up catching I think he can handle LF??
As for his defense out there we’ll see?
Holliday and Duncan handled it.
Plus all everybody talks about is finding a RH OF!
I wonder? Is it a “coincidence” that his first start in LF is with one of the NL’s top ground ball pitchers on the mound??
A DH only Herrera is trade bait. Herrera viable at a defensive position or 2 is an asset.
Running should be the concern. He’s a big man and he’s had three leg injuries in the past two seasons.RunSup wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 19:56 pm+1. Plus he has legs. He can run.Cusecards wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 19:40 pm Yes....why not????
His bat plays. So....if you move him out from behind the plate??
Which makes sense since he is below average defensively there and we are loaded with catching prospects.
Where does he fit??
DH is an obvious spot. But....if you don’t want to tie that position down with one man then you experiment with him at corner OF.
BTW....if he has physically held up catching I think he can handle LF??
As for his defense out there we’ll see?
Holliday and Duncan handled it.
Plus all everybody talks about is finding a RH OF!
I wonder? Is it a “coincidence” that his first start in LF is with one of the NL’s top ground ball pitchers on the mound??
A DH only Herrera is trade bait. Herrera viable at a defensive position or 2 is an asset.
He should be mobile enough to cover ground in the outfield. His defense should be fine once he acclimates.Carp4Cy wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 22:03 pmRunning should be the concern. He’s a big man and he’s had three leg injuries in the past two seasons.RunSup wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 19:56 pm+1. Plus he has legs. He can run.Cusecards wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 19:40 pm Yes....why not????
His bat plays. So....if you move him out from behind the plate??
Which makes sense since he is below average defensively there and we are loaded with catching prospects.
Where does he fit??
DH is an obvious spot. But....if you don’t want to tie that position down with one man then you experiment with him at corner OF.
BTW....if he has physically held up catching I think he can handle LF??
As for his defense out there we’ll see?
Holliday and Duncan handled it.
Plus all everybody talks about is finding a RH OF!
I wonder? Is it a “coincidence” that his first start in LF is with one of the NL’s top ground ball pitchers on the mound??
A DH only Herrera is trade bait. Herrera viable at a defensive position or 2 is an asset.
He had one chance and caught it at the track, but it wasn't a perfect route. He was removed for defense after the Cards' big lead.
And the team signed one of them to the (still)largest free-agent contract the team has ever signed.BrockFloodMaris wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 20:04 pmI suspect Herrera will be fine in LF. I’m sure John Jay has been working with him on positioning and jumps. How bad could he be? We’ve had some pretty meh defensive LFers.RunSup wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 19:56 pm+1. Plus he has legs. He can run.Cusecards wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025 19:40 pm Yes....why not????
His bat plays. So....if you move him out from behind the plate??
Which makes sense since he is below average defensively there and we are loaded with catching prospects.
Where does he fit??
DH is an obvious spot. But....if you don’t want to tie that position down with one man then you experiment with him at corner OF.
BTW....if he has physically held up catching I think he can handle LF??
As for his defense out there we’ll see?
Holliday and Duncan handled it.
Plus all everybody talks about is finding a RH OF!
I wonder? Is it a “coincidence” that his first start in LF is with one of the NL’s top ground ball pitchers on the mound??
A DH only Herrera is trade bait. Herrera viable at a defensive position or 2 is an asset.
