Elias Diaz is the guy to go after. FA after the year, even if you don't believe in his offense because Coors, he still doesn't K much and has power and defense. 9 CS in 34 attempts is a big upgrade. Trade for him and KB, horsefeathers it.
I've said this before but after reading comments from switch-hitters who tried it, the transition may not be as viable as it seems. He'd likely be atrocious LvL too.
If Amaya's arm never improves I would cut bait after the season, regardless of how well he frames and works with pitchers. You cannot have a guy who autmotically puts runners in scoring position like that IMO,
Baserunners are now 32/37 stealing bases vs Amaya. This is a huge weakness of the team. Any walk or measly single almost guarantees a runner at 2nd. Now Leiter feels pressure and throws a wild pitch.
The Braves converted the infamous David Fletcher into a knuckleballer and he dominated the vaunted Norfolk Tides lineup last night lol. 5 IP he threw 80% strikes and posted a 6:1. Ain't that some horsefeathers.
Thinking they rushed Seiya back. Presumptively gonna say they did because they always do stupid horsefeathers like that. 55 bat since his return, 2 XBH and both were in the same game. He again looks like a deer-in-headlights. It's pretty amazing how hot/cold the dude gets. They have to get him right.
I'd be down to give Wisdom some starts at 3B too. Morel is really bad and provides negative value if he's not mashing. I'd put:
C - I guess Amaya because he can actually frame a pitch, though he's useless elsewise.
1B - Bellinger
2B - Nico
SS - Swanson
3B - Wisdom
LF - Happ
CF - PCA
RF - Tauchman
DH - Busch
Plenty of teams are using the same strategy and getting far better results. The Cubs just still pretty much suck at developing bats at the MLB level. You needn't look much further than the Brewers. While they do have Yelich, the rest of the guys there are not stagnating and entirely feeble in this era of high heat and freakish breaking balls, and they have largely overperformed their expectations from their prospecting days.