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Originally Posted by jd1020
He isn't expendable because they aren't playing for 2nds this year. Andujar would only be expendable AFTER the Yankees signed Machado to a multi year deal.
And they aren't my scouting reports. Florial is currently in A+ with a .696 OPS striking out ~30% of the time. He has a 45 grade hit tool.
He started the year as baseball prospectus' #26 prospect. He didn't even make their midseason top 50.
I cant see what baseball america says anymore since everything they do is behind a paywall now.
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Florial broke his hamate bone and hasn’t played in several weeks. He’s just now on a rehab assignment. That’s why he isn’t on their midseason list.
Regardless of his hit tool grade (and most I’ve seen had a 50 on it before the season), comparing him to Billy Hamilton is still way off base. He’s a power-speed combo guy, not a rabbit whose only tool is speed.
And that’s an incredibly small sample size (~150 ABs) by which you’re judging a 20-year-old in A+ for the first time. Especially a raw, toolsy one just a year removed from a huge breakout (and who had a strong debut in a small sample size at that level).
The Yankees have enough offense to win with a slight downgrade at 3B like Brandon Drury, or flip a a top 10-15 guy in their system and a lotto ticket to KC for Mike Moustakas and break even. They might not have enough SP to make it through the AL side of the playoff bracket.