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I'm a Seager fan. But I'm not sure I'm re-upping on him, for those dollars. It's more than just Deej, G. Include Franklin, Romero, Taylor, Tyler Smith, Tenbrink....
Those guys can all play 3B, to one degree or another. Indications are that a bunch of them have decent MLB bats. The good news is that we're in no hurry. Seager is cheap, for 3 years (including this one). We can keep him, no problem. Of course, keeping him through his cheap years means his trade value declines. at the point we do replace him.
This winter I advocated that Seager be shopped around, while his value was maxed out. He's a very nice player with a gritty attitude. But he isn't irreplaceable for us. Wright, Longoria, and Zimmerman had been 130-140 OPS guys by the time they were 24. Headley is the kind of template we hope for, as he jumped dramatically at age 28, but hasn't maintained that level of performance. Carpenter went 125, 143 in his 1st two year.
If Franklin rips in Tacoma, why wouldn't you move him to 3B?
I like Seager. But I think we can replace him, when the time comes.