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JDW wrote: ↑03 Jul 2025 08:17 am

Shady wrote: ↑03 Jul 2025 07:56 am

JDW wrote: ↑03 Jul 2025 07:22 am Burly needs to be able to maintain a +.800 OPS to have good value. Can he do that for a season with Busch stadium as his home ballpark?
Remains to be seen, but when he's not hitting, he's a negative value to a team because of his lack of other plus tools.
Cards shutout out in 5 of the last 7 games when Burly starts.
Burly's bWAR has been hanging around +1.0 for a while now, but he did have a great June as his net WAR for the other months this year are negative.
He's ok, and better currently than either Walker and Gorman.
Still, I'd strive to have starters that have a decent chance to be at least +3 bWAR guys for a season.
For Burly, he'd need about 3 hot June type months every season, or become more consistent every month to ever sniff a +3 type season. June gives us hope that maybe he could do that moving forward.
I'd strive to have more complete type position starters that can provide value even when they're not hot with the bat.
If Herrera can learn to play LF decently by next year, maybe the DH opens up for Burly. That said, I'd often be exploring what Burly's trade market looks like.

"That said, I'd often be exploring what Burly's trade market looks like". Does Burleson have more trade value than Nootbaar, Gorman and Walker?

Significantly less than Noot, about the same as Gorman's and more than Walker's would be my guess although I don't have free access to the BTV's numbers anymore, so not sure. Maybe someone can fill in with more update numbers on the current estimates.
Once again just guessing, but think Noot's is around +30M, Burly's around +12, Gorman's maybe a shade less, and Walker's now in single digits.