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If Morales were sent down to AA (or A+, whatever the Cuban League equates to), would he hit.450-.600-1.000?
Don't know. I doubt it. So Abreu's starting evaluation is somewhere around there.
His swing reminds me a bit of Clemente. Which is not to say that's how good he is, mind you.
If you could get him for 5x$12M, would you rather do that or an Ellsbury 5x$20M?
Gimme the Cuban kid, personally. What would his floor be? .250-.300-.420, with 20 homers? That's his crash and burn floor, maybe. Man, that was Saunders '12. Or nearly so.
I like discounts. They let you buy other stuff.
Oh, he won't be ours. And he will probably go north of the $60M mark.
But he's well worth the $60M gamble.