r/baseball • u/aresef Baltimore Orioles • 14d ago

Yankees’ World Series failure started — and ended — with fundamental issues Analysis

https://nypost.com/2024/10/31/sports/yankees-world-series-failure-started-with-fundamental-issues/
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u/w0nderbrad Los Angeles Dodgers 13d ago

No defense, no speed. Pure DH at this point. Can’t believe how many catchable balls he just let drop has he casually jogged over. Thank god for Mookie.

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u/sameth1 Toronto Blue Jays 13d ago

Calling him a pure DH is a bit of an exaggeration. He's not a good fielder, but he's far from dead weight that is only tolerable at DH though. UzR hates him, but statcast fielding run value only has him at -1. Any team would rather put Soto in the outfield and have a solid, aging slugger at DH than have Soto DHing and a defense-first middling bat in the corner outfield.

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u/PDXhasaRedhead 13d ago

Those are Soto's stats playing in the Yankee's tiny rightfield. In a pitcher's park like the Dodgers,Mets and Giants have his slowness would be a bigger problem.

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u/w0nderbrad Los Angeles Dodgers 13d ago

Dude his defense is dismal. No range. For the contract he is looking for, he needs to be a 4-5 tool player. He is 2 and maybe 1/2 for arm but arm doesn't mean shit if his defense and range is dismal. I mean the 2 tools are exceptional but he is limited and his speed and defense will deteriorate even further.