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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry
But you didn't add the major bat in Stanton to all of that either. Adams and lot of those guys were ripe to trade last November.
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I've always been more critical of Adams because of his platoon splits, but he has mashed the ball at every level. A lefty first baseman that plays Gold Glove caliber D and hit almost 20 homers in half a season of ABs isn't a commodity you want to part with easily. Even this year he was on a 4.2 WAR pace with almost no power production
Besides, Stanton was never the logical target because of Taveras. The target was Tulowitzki, as he shored up the position of biggest weakness while also giving you a middle of the order bat.
Peralta is also playing at a 4 WAR pace; it just so happens that Tulowitzki is having a career year and a season for the ages to this point.
That said, I would discount the Cardinal hitters' offensive metrics to this point for the reason that they are wholly absent of power, and regardless of how many runs a bunch of slap singles may create in a vacuum, you cannot build a productive offense on top of them, because it requires far too many things to happen consecutively.