[Giants]

Agree.  Slater is a fourth OF but not a starter.  He is a mediocre fielder and inconsistent at the plate.  SF needs an every day guy in CF.  Given Duggar’s injury history, unless they swing a deal for a center fielder, I anticipate Yaz playing that position.  

Slater is not an everyday player. He’s a nice utility guy. If he’s starting in the OF it spells trouble. He can’t pull the ball. Has trouble with hard stuff in. Offensively I like his speed. But he strikes out too much, given his lack of power. 

As for defensive metrics - you can have them. Hocus pocus. My memory of Slater in RF was of him butchering a couple balls near the foul line in a series. Not at Oracle. Can’t remember where. That and misjudging a line drive that zoomed  over his head. Nice arm and decent speed. But far from a polished outfielder 

I just knew there was a good reason to cut our HR and clubhouse leader. BS to WAR

Tell you what.  I'll take Stanford product Austin Slater to start in favor of Pillar.  Better OPS, Better OBP, more walks, fewer strikeouts and was having a killer season until September.  In the field, he's a MUCH better fielder, as evidenced by Slater's #1-in-NL Total Zone Runs rating (+8, best in NL) and Slater has played in six different positions in the field in the last two years.

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“War, humph, what is it good for?  Absolutely nothing.”  

A team full of replacement level players would be expected to win 52 games in a season.

https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/20...team-wins/

Therefore a team full of 1 WAR on the 25-man roster guys only gets you 77 wins, so it is, on its own, not enough to get you into contention.  One ten WAR player gets you to 62 wins, plus he leaves 24 roster spots to get you another 30+ wins you need in order to be in contention.

BC

[Giants]

Agree.  Slater is a fourth OF but not a starter.  He is a mediocre fielder and inconsistent at the plate.  SF needs an every day guy in CF.  Given Duggar’s injury history, unless they swing a deal for a center fielder, I anticipate Yaz playing that position.  

Slater is not an everyday player. He’s a nice utility guy. If he’s starting in the OF it spells trouble. He can’t pull the ball. Has trouble with hard stuff in. Offensively I like his speed. But he strikes out too much, given his lack of power. 

As for defensive metrics - you can have them. Hocus pocus. My memory of Slater in RF was of him butchering a couple balls near the foul line in a series. Not at Oracle. Can’t remember where. That and misjudging a line drive that zoomed  over his head. Nice arm and decent speed. But far from a polished outfielder 

I just knew there was a good reason to cut our HR and clubhouse leader. BS to WAR

Tell you what.  I'll take Stanford product Austin Slater to start in favor of Pillar.  Better OPS, Better OBP, more walks, fewer strikeouts and was having a killer season until September.  In the field, he's a MUCH better fielder, as evidenced by Slater's #1-in-NL Total Zone Runs rating (+8, best in NL) and Slater has played in six different positions in the field in the last two years.

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“War, humph, what is it good for?  Absolutely nothing.”  

A team full of replacement level players would be expected to win 52 games in a season.

https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/20...team-wins/

Therefore a team full of 1 WAR on the 25-man roster guys only gets you 77 wins, so it is, on its own, not enough to get you into contention.  One ten WAR player gets you to 62 wins, plus he leaves 24 roster spots to get you another 30+ wins you need in order to be in contention.

BC