Should i drop jd martinez

It is a good problem to have and we may resign Schwarber regardless. I really think Dalbec might be the one on the move but it all depends on JD opting and whether we resign Schwarber. Faster start to his hitting career than Devers and a tall 1B who is improving his defense which is light years better than Devers. With all that money a player like Story could be gotten to play 3B. With the leftover money they could get a closer.

Anything to make that happen will improve the team. Seriously, why so down on a kid who has done so well in just at bats? To me, he has Tony C type upside. Option 4; JDM opts in. One year of JDM for one year at 10m would be very appealing. If Bloom was willing to pay for Ottavino to gain a prospect then why not this angel? TV he monetary savings could be put into Schwarber or a veteran pitcher. There is nothing that says Sox have to keep him once he opts in. JDM has to keep this in mind if he decides to opt in.

Ham — The sign and trade makes sense but picking up a portion of his contract is financial suicide. That would clear money and solve the closer problem. CWS would still have Kimbrel and their young arms like Bummer. That frees up Devers to move to DH. His track record before last season is spotty at best. I kind of hope he does. He had an OPS of almost 1. And even if he is saddled with the QO next winter he probably accepts it. I would like to see them find a way to keep both Martinez and Scwarber but i realize the logistics over a full season would be tough unless they move Kike back to 2B full time with Verdugo in CF and Schwarber in LF.

If he opts out the QO would be automatic. I voted no. You need a team that needs hitting, does not have a DH candidate, that will likely be in contention, and has no competing needs. That might be They were 12th in scoring. They have a couple of young kids starting their careers, so maybe JD provides some guidance. And they rotated Torrens, Haniger and France thru the position.

For the right price, it might make more sense have JD play games at DH and allow those three to return to their regular positions. The small pay cut will amount to being ineligible for the QO when he hits FA the following year, with the NL likely having a DH by that point and high demand.

All of this could change depending on the CBA. Tricky situation for JD. The amount of dineros that JD, and maybe Schwarber, is not a whole less than maybe what Story gets.

And the two values are not particularly close, imo. He hits FA at age 34 with a pretty good season just finished. Scenario 2: if he exercises his option and has a similar performance to his career average, the Sox would likely extend a QO.

Scenario 3: He opts in and has a career average year or better, and then rejects the QO. Scenario 4: he opts in and his production declines and no QO is extended. He opts in and has a career average year. Unless he really has a career year in , rejecting a QO would be a mistake. Betting on himself while protecting himself from the Red Sox front office screwing him is in his best interest. If JD opts in he screws himself for unless he wants to finish his career in BOS for less money than he would make on the open market.

I stand corrected. I see in the column reporting that he opted in that had he not a QO was possible. JD will be back in Boston.

And he will be a player in any case. All good points! September is my guess. None are really 3Bs, and I am not sure any are true 1Bs either. He was drafted as a 3B, so he should be able to play 1B. Please login to leave a reply. Log in Register. Username or Email Address. Remember Me. Go To Pro Hockey Rumors. Go To Hoops Rumors. Atleast thats the current rule but doubtful the players lose that in the new negotiations. Very good reasoning. What do you think JD will sign for if he does opt out?

For the record, I love JD. Huge Tigers fan and happy for all of his success. Guarantee Boston extends the QO if he opts out. Are you sure? Then look at Ramirez or Chapman to fill the 3b. It would be the default position among those in the know during a normal season, but of course, this season is anything but normal.

And back before it started, when I had no experience with such a season, I joined the choir in wondering if we should consider pulling the plug sooner on slow-starting superstars. Now that I'm in the thick of it, though, I can confirm that my answer is emphatically no. In fact, I'm embarrassed to have even considered otherwise. It's always tricky, knowing the appropriate time to drop a player.

In fact, I'd consider it more of an instinctual thing than one I can bottle up and serve to the masses. Whenever I hear that question, I think of how the Disney princesses from a bygone era would ask, "How do I know when I'm in love? But that's easy for me to say, right? My standard line, at least for players who required a significant investment on Draft Day, is six weeks. I recognize the tension there, and I do think there may come a point, as you slide down the standings, when more desperate actions will be warranted.

But I'd venture to say that few who are actively consuming Fantasy Baseball advice at this stage of the game are already there. The process doesn't change no matter how long the season is. The numbers need the time they need to normalize, and in truth, the full 60 games might not even be enough. It's why I've said all along that some individual stat lines could look pretty bonkers by the end of the year and that the eventual playoff pool might not accurately represent the best teams.

But acknowledging that not everything will correct in time isn't the same as deciding now, a mere three weeks in, that these specific players won't. If you believe in a player's skill set, then there is no timeline for him getting back on track. It's always tomorrow, potentially, and there are still too many tomorrows left for you to forfeit that kind of upside for some hot hand off the waiver wire.

The fallacy in attacking a short season with short-sightedness is that you have no way of knowing, at any point in the season, what comes next — which is a laughably elementary concept, I know, so I'll give an example. If weird things are liable to happen in a game season, maybe we'll look back in October and say, "Wow, those 60 games went really poorly for Cody Bellinger.

Rarely do a player's numbers hold steady from week to week. They comes in spurts, and those spurts come on their own time. It's why using the past week to predict the next week is always bad process. No matter what point of the season we're in, the sample will be so small that a player's fortunes can change almost immediately.

Look at Matt Chapman. Five days ago, he was batting. Chris Bennett looks over Tuesday's two-game Championship Series slate and thinks that while the AL contest will likely feature more offense, Austin Riley is too hot to ignore.

Mike Barner likes J. Playoff Primer: The Rankings 37 days ago. Todd Zola ranks players by position for fantasy playoff leagues. Chicago's Jose Abreu is tough to beat at first base. For a player with this kind of power -- among the most prolific in the game -- 36 home runs in a record-setting HR season qualify as a slight disappointment.

While Martinez didn't finish north of 40 as he did in and , he did clear the. He also cleared triple digits in RBI for the fourth time in five seasons and surpassed runs-plus-RBI for the second consecutive year. The fact is, he's so much more than "Just Dingers.

While certainly not a good defender, Martinez still qualifies as an OF-eligible player, one who has the luxury of playing most of his games at DH.

If a 21st ranked finish among hitters is what we can expect in a "down" year from Martinez, then consider us very much in at a second-round cost. He's still going to be only 32 years old for most of the season. Martinez was unsigned deep into last winter, but the wait was worth it after he found the perfect landing spot in Boston. While mainly serving as the club's DH, Martinez avoided the health issues that plagued him as an everyday outfielder the prior two seasons, playing in games and setting career highs in AVG.

As has held true since his breakout, Martinez remains a Statcast darling, with his elite hard-hit and barrel rates yielding elevated BABIPs for a player with limited speed. The stellar batted-ball metrics bolster Martinez's odds of finishing near the top of the home-run and average leaderboards again in , while his spot in a lineup that includes a bevy of young stars sets him up for ample run-producing and run-scoring chances.

Martinez retains outfield eligibility after logging 57 starts in , mitigating any concern about his worthiness of a first-round selection. Despite missing six weeks at the start of the season due to a foot injury, Martinez finished third in the majors with 45 home runs. He produced at an otherworldly rate after being traded from Detroit to Arizona, hitting 29 homers and driving in 65 runs in just 62 games with the Diamondbacks.

He was great against both handedness of pitcher, but Martinez absolutely destroyed lefties to the tune of a. Overall, Martinez's barrel rate of He's now hit over. It would be wrong to say Martinez struggled through the first two months of , but his. When he hit at a 1. There were some concerns about his power upon return, but a dramatic eighth-inning home run against Chris Sale in his first at-bat back stomped that fear down.

He got hits in each of his first five games back and 19 of 20 afterward. The bottom line was another plate appearances that further solidify him as one of the game's premier power bats. He flirted with 40 homers back in before the power surge swept the league, and he remains a candidate to eclipse that mark in a full season.

Martinez proved his breakout of was real with elite production in He delivered 38 home runs and RBI, with an. His OBP. The Tigers and his fantasy owners can live with those strikeouts if Martinez can continue to deliver as one of MLB's best power hitters.