Quote from Henry Silvestre on July 21, 2022, 8:16 am

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Quote from Henry Silvestre on July 21, 2022, 7:50 am

Was playing around with positions and how to keep Profar busy (ABs) if we get OF help. . And 1B is a position he has played quite a bit and his Defensive grades there are very good.. our best Defensive infield would be Profar 1B/Crone 2B/Kim SS/Manny 3B.  An OF of Tatis/Ruiz/Mazara works for me...Obviously SOTO pushes Mazara to DH .. adds like Mancini/Benintendi/Bell and/or Contreras makes the shuffling interesting...

Mazara is probably the better defensive OFer over Tatis. So let Tatis DH most of the time, and then play SS a couple of days a week to keep him healthy and happy, and Kim can play 3B a day or two to rest Machado.

 

Tatis is too high energy a player to DH.. if you look at Kim's splits vs LHP he is like .920 OPS but vs RHP it dips to the .600 range.. so best results would cone from Tatis playing vs RHP at SS.. with that said I'd still use Crone or CJ at SS vs RHP more often than not vs RHP.... Best way to play/protect Tatis would be LF or RF ..CF is demanding and he is below avg there, where as he graded avg+ in RF....

Quote from Henry Silvestre on July 21, 2022, 8:20 am

I'd imagine in time if Tatis plays more OF (Kim/CJ SS)...he will be elite COF and CF with experience.  His ability to cover ground is pretty special

Quote from BoosterSD on July 21, 2022, 8:21 am

Quote from Henry Silvestre on July 21, 2022, 8:16 am

Quote from BoosterSD on July 21, 2022, 8:08 am

Quote from Henry Silvestre on July 21, 2022, 7:50 am

Was playing around with positions and how to keep Profar busy (ABs) if we get OF help. . And 1B is a position he has played quite a bit and his Defensive grades there are very good.. our best Defensive infield would be Profar 1B/Crone 2B/Kim SS/Manny 3B.  An OF of Tatis/Ruiz/Mazara works for me...Obviously SOTO pushes Mazara to DH .. adds like Mancini/Benintendi/Bell and/or Contreras makes the shuffling interesting...

Mazara is probably the better defensive OFer over Tatis. So let Tatis DH most of the time, and then play SS a couple of days a week to keep him healthy and happy, and Kim can play 3B a day or two to rest Machado.

 

Tatis is too high energy a player to DH.. if you look at Kim's splits vs LHP he is like .920 OPS but vs RHP it dips to the .600 range.. so best results would cone from Tatis playing vs RHP at SS.. with that said I'd still use Crone or CJ at SS vs RHP more often than not vs RHP.... Best way to play/protect Tatis would be LF or RF ..CF is demanding and he is below avg there, where as he graded avg+ in RF....

So the best would be to play Tatis at SS v. RHP (where he is happiest) and play Kim at SS v. LHP at DH Tatis those days.

Let Abrams go to the grass, and keep Tatis off the grass.

Quote from Henry Silvestre on July 21, 2022, 8:25 am

Quote from BoosterSD on July 21, 2022, 8:21 am

Quote from Henry Silvestre on July 21, 2022, 8:16 am

Quote from BoosterSD on July 21, 2022, 8:08 am

Quote from Henry Silvestre on July 21, 2022, 7:50 am

Was playing around with positions and how to keep Profar busy (ABs) if we get OF help. . And 1B is a position he has played quite a bit and his Defensive grades there are very good.. our best Defensive infield would be Profar 1B/Crone 2B/Kim SS/Manny 3B.  An OF of Tatis/Ruiz/Mazara works for me...Obviously SOTO pushes Mazara to DH .. adds like Mancini/Benintendi/Bell and/or Contreras makes the shuffling interesting...

Mazara is probably the better defensive OFer over Tatis. So let Tatis DH most of the time, and then play SS a couple of days a week to keep him healthy and happy, and Kim can play 3B a day or two to rest Machado.

 

Tatis is too high energy a player to DH.. if you look at Kim's splits vs LHP he is like .920 OPS but vs RHP it dips to the .600 range.. so best results would cone from Tatis playing vs RHP at SS.. with that said I'd still use Crone or CJ at SS vs RHP more often than not vs RHP.... Best way to play/protect Tatis would be LF or RF ..CF is demanding and he is below avg there, where as he graded avg+ in RF....

So the best would be to play Tatis at SS v. RHP (where he is happiest) and play Kim at SS v. LHP at DH Tatis those days.

Let Abrams go to the grass, and keep Tatis off the grass.

Yes..but Tatis needs to be in the lineup vs LHP..he is close to a 1.200 OPS vs LHP.. 😆

Quote from fenn68 on July 21, 2022, 8:35 am

I think they have to put Tatis in the field .. somewhere. After this long layoff, Tatis has to feel really caged up and DHing him may frustrate him enough to adversely affect his hitting. Kid is not used to sitting around in a game and just show up for 4 AB. Don’t see him being able to control the adrenaline without being engaged in the field.

Since Tatis’ success is key for the season … need to put him in the spot he is most comfortable with. For me that returns him to SS and then juggle the rest.

They have a lot of INF flexibility with Kim and Cronenworth to cover 1B/DH as needed.

Depending on the health status of Myers … think Padres should be focusing on adding to the OF mix … CF if possible with Grisham / Ruiz being the weak link right now.

Quote from Henry Silvestre on July 21, 2022, 8:47 am

My wish list for the deadline

+1 Bat with SLG

+1 Bat BA/OBP type

+1 RP with high leverage track record

+1 SP...if we deal one of ours..doesn't have to be great..just Zach Davies (AZ) like

-1 Snell.. 1-9 in his starts ..we need someone that can pitch longer and give the team a 50% chance to win his upcoming 10 starts 5-5..plus we should get a couple lotto tickets and AJP always seems to hit at least the $5 return on these...

- I did say ideally so Hosmer moved.. AJP has been hesitant to include a top spec to Hos but if we could move Campusano with HOS in a deal for Beni/Whit/Barlow and add a couple 45 type specs to the deal ..rentals or not..getting HOS off the books opens things up for OTHER big Moves..aka SOTO... tier 2.. Bell/Contreras/Mancini etc..

-2 BP arms..this one is tricky cause we need reinforcements healthy but most won't be til after the deadline.. so I am thinking more in the Lamet/Stanmen (if healthy) /Scott... as we will need the room to add Castillo (AAA) and the 3 or 4 guys coming off the IL...

Quote from Henry Silvestre on July 21, 2022, 9:26 am

If we win the Soto sweepstakes pencil him at #4... .996 OPS and big SLG as #4..for his career... at #3 (his 2nd best spot) .991... he does have much higher OPS at 5th.6thnand 7th but very small sample size at those 3 spots and we know he would be 2 3 or 4 here

Manny #3 Soto #4 Works best

Quote from fenn68 on July 21, 2022, 9:36 am

IF KC dealt Benintendi - Barlow - Merrifield in separate deals they would do better than Campusano and Hosmer with his contract.

Quote from MrPadre19 on July 21, 2022, 9:42 am

I've convinced myself we need to give what it takes to get Soto for 2.5 years.

I'd prefer we somehow keep Gore/Ruiz/Wood....trade anyone else.

If we can somehow add in Bell and give them Hosmer get it done.

LF Ruiz

SS Tatis

3B Machado

RF Soto

1B Bell

2B Cronenworth

DH Voit/Alfaro

C Nola

CF Grisham

I mean.......even if this takes Abrams/Hassell/Campusano/Merrill/Hosmer/Gasser/$$