Yoenis Cespedes Watch

[Big Papi]

Main thread for the biggest fish left on the market. Tons of rumors going on for him right now, a huge one being the Nationals are attempting to sign him.

How'd he fit?

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[catman]

Cespedes may have won a gold glove last year as a left fielder, but I am not impressed with his defense overall. He seems to have mental lapses occasionally, especially when he is in center. A team that wants him to be their primary center fielder may be very disappointed in his performance.
Offensively, there aren't many that are more productive when he is "on".

 

[Big Papi]

Looks like Nationals want him, and bad. 5 years @ over 100 million in a deal like Scherzer's. Interesting, now let's see Werth + for Fielder happen.

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[Giantmetfan07]

Cespedes may have won a gold glove last year as a left fielder, but I am not impressed with his defense overall. He seems to have mental lapses occasionally, especially when he is in center. A team that wants him to be their primary center fielder may be very disappointed in his performance.
Offensively, there aren't many that are more productive when he is "on".

Mental lapses really shouldn't diminish his ability in the outfield. You can have mental lapses at any position. He's got a cannon for an arm, and his range can make him an adequate CF for a year or two until you can clear room and move him to the corner.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

His defensive metrics in CF are a VERY small sample size, and couple that with the high probability for a DH in the NL in 2018 or even 2017, and you only have him in CF for 1-2 years, then shift him to the corner. Mets could move Grandy (if they re-sign him) to DH.