tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post8392111824710830735..comments2024-02-23T20:49:09.057-08:00Comments on obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2019 Giants: Move by Move: Kevin Pillar Acquisitionobsessivegiantscompulsivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-7355286029654513652019-04-04T23:17:26.272-07:002019-04-04T23:17:26.272-07:00Don't mind this deal. It's not gonna save ...Don't mind this deal. It's not gonna save our team but does make them better. His defense is above average even if declining and though he isn't known for his bat, he still had 16 and 15 homers these past couple seasons. He's a right handed bat which we definitely need in a division with a abundant amount of lefty pitchers in our division.<br /><br />My lineup with him would be <br />Duggar Rf, Panik 2nd, Longoria 3rd, Belt 1st, Posey C, Crawford SS, Pillar CF, Parra LF, Pitcher.<br /><br />Solarte can cover any infield position, obviously Kratz is the backup C while Pablo is DH or Third. I think when Mac is ready we call him up and give him a shot and plug him in for Parra. Having his power in the bottom of the lineup will be a boost. Joe unfortunately is a liability defensively but would like to try him at 2nd.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488296616134205690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-91655554257112570262019-04-04T13:14:59.114-07:002019-04-04T13:14:59.114-07:00The latest news has the Giants instead using Pilla...The latest news has the Giants instead using Pillar in CF and Duggar in RF, probably going forward. This is because Pillar has not played RF in a long time, and not so much, whereas Duggar was playing RF regularly just a couple of years ago. <br /><br />I was a bit upset to see this, but I've seen some say that Duggar has a strong arm so it makes sense to play him in RF over Pillar, and so that's good rationale.<br /><br />Also, if we want to think that far down the line, Duggar will probably get less in arbitration, as he'll probably compare with with other CF (.733 avg OPS for NL CF) than RF (.763 OPS avg for NL RF in 2018). <br /><br />As Duggar said, it don't matter, either is fine with him, and if any ball gets down between them, then it was meant to be a hit.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-49364693612216199052019-04-04T13:09:15.337-07:002019-04-04T13:09:15.337-07:00I think the Giants will retain him. Per Fangraphs...I think the Giants will retain him. Per Fangraphs new 3 years ZIPS projections, Pillar is expected to produce 2.4 fWAR in 2019 and 2.0 fWAR in 2020. He's only paid $5.8M in 2019, and that should work out to roughly $8.0M in 2020, which is under the projected $/WAR of roughly $12M in 2019-20 by Matt Swartz. <br /><br />https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=12434&position=OFobsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-28000496187806693072019-04-03T18:48:42.625-07:002019-04-03T18:48:42.625-07:00He's on the downslope of his career, but he wa...He's on the downslope of his career, but he was a GG candidate as late as 2017. I'd take him over most CFers. And he's only two years of team control so we'll likely move on from him by 2021, if not sooner. MosesZDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12702323080585738748noreply@blogger.com