Because Mitch Haniger is somewhat redundant with Teoscar Hernandez's superior bat in a righthand-heavy Mariner lineup that features Julio Rodriguez, Eugenio Suarez and Ty France.
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Yes that is what I said.
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No idea why they would trade him but Varsho would be another good option:
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There's no such thing as being redundant when your bat is better.
"Hey, we have McGwire, why would we need Canseco?"
Pfffffft.
Gallo is trash.
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Surprised you would want a pussy that was out for four months with Covid and a sprained ankle.
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I should say that to me its less about wanting Mitch than it is not wanting Kelenic or Gallo. I would take Gallo over Kelenic. But I'd take Trammell/Haggerty/Moore over Gallo.D-train wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:18 pmSurprised you would want a pussy that was out for four months with Covid and a sprained ankle.
Mitch's bat is even better than Gallo in a down year and Mitch did get almost 700 plate appearances in 2021, he's not always hurt and some DH time would fit the plan well.
The only advantages Gallo has over Mitch are baserunning and defense. Those aren't two things high on my list when we need to drive in runs.
Haniger is still our 3rd or 4th best available option to upgrade over Kelenic in OF and as Dipoto pointed out, they already have Winker, Kelenic, Trammell and Marlowe as the LH bats that they want to get in the mix so I'm not seeing an urgency for a LH bat.
Gallo has a career wRC+ to match what Mitch put up in 2022 and has a career .196 batting average. Hard pass, especially in batting average killer T-Mobile.
It would be like acquiring 2022 Winker on purpose, only somehow even worse.
https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx? ... =&enddate=
Over the last two years Gallo has only averaged 50 more plate appearances per season than Mitch.
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In his 691 plate appearances in 2021 Mitch Haniger posted an OPS+ of 122, 3.4 bWAR and 2.5 fWAR,bpj wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:36 pmI should say that to me its less about wanting Mitch than it is not wanting Kelenic or Gallo. I would take Gallo over Kelenic. But I'd take Trammell/Haggerty/Moore over Gallo.
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Mitch's bat is even better than Gallo in a down year and Mitch did get almost 700 plate appearances in 2021, he's not always hurt and some DH time would fit the plan well.
The only advantages Gallo has over Mitch are baserunning and defense. Those aren't two things high on my list when we need to drive in runs.
Haniger is still our 3rd or 4th best available option to upgrade over Kelenic in OF and as Dipoto pointed out, they already have Winker, Kelenic, Trammell and Marlowe as the LH bats that they want to get in the mix so I'm not seeing an urgency for a LH bat.
Gallo has a career wRC+ to match what Mitch put up in 2022 and has a career .196 batting average. Hard pass, especially in batting average killer T-Mobile.
It would be like acquiring 2022 Winker on purpose, only somehow even worse.
https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx? ... =&enddate=
Over the last two years Gallo has only averaged 50 more plate appearances per season than Mitch.
In his 616 plate appearances in 2021 Joey Gallo, who is three years younger than Haniger, posted an OPS+ of 121, 4.7 bWAR and 4.2 fWAR.
Neither is trash.
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FWIW Teoscar Hernandez has a career OPS+ of 121 in 2,531 plate appearances while Mitch Haniger, who is two years older, has a career OPS+ of 123 in 2,437 plate appearances:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... te01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... mi01.shtml
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He's had some good years when he gets to play his home games in Texas and New York. Excuse me for not being impressed.harmony wrote: ↑Sat Nov 26, 2022 2:26 amIn his 691 plate appearances in 2021 Mitch Haniger posted an OPS+ of 122, 3.4 bWAR and 2.5 fWAR,bpj wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:36 pmI should say that to me its less about wanting Mitch than it is not wanting Kelenic or Gallo. I would take Gallo over Kelenic. But I'd take Trammell/Haggerty/Moore over Gallo.
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Mitch's bat is even better than Gallo in a down year and Mitch did get almost 700 plate appearances in 2021, he's not always hurt and some DH time would fit the plan well.
The only advantages Gallo has over Mitch are baserunning and defense. Those aren't two things high on my list when we need to drive in runs.
Haniger is still our 3rd or 4th best available option to upgrade over Kelenic in OF and as Dipoto pointed out, they already have Winker, Kelenic, Trammell and Marlowe as the LH bats that they want to get in the mix so I'm not seeing an urgency for a LH bat.
Gallo has a career wRC+ to match what Mitch put up in 2022 and has a career .196 batting average. Hard pass, especially in batting average killer T-Mobile.
It would be like acquiring 2022 Winker on purpose, only somehow even worse.
https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx? ... =&enddate=
Over the last two years Gallo has only averaged 50 more plate appearances per season than Mitch.
In his 616 plate appearances in 2021 Joey Gallo, who is three years younger than Haniger, posted an OPS+ of 121, 4.7 bWAR and 4.2 fWAR.
Neither is trash.
He has a career 121 wRC+ in home games (Texas/New York), and a 98 wRC+ on the road.
Haniger has a career 122 wRC+ in home games, and a 122 wRC+ on the road.
Gallo couldn't carry Hanigers jock, even with one nut in it.
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Exactly. Nobody's kicking Teoscar outta bed, yet Haniger's getting treated like the red headed stepchild because he busted a nut a few years ago and sprained his ankle in a contract year.harmony wrote: ↑Sat Nov 26, 2022 2:33 amFWIW Teoscar Hernandez has a career OPS+ of 121 in 2,531 plate appearances while Mitch Haniger, who is two years older, has a career OPS+ of 123 in 2,437 plate appearances:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... te01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... mi01.shtml
I wouldn't check Haniger's name off the list just because he's like Teoscar. That's exactly what I'd be trying to add more of.