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No way do I go outside the org for a CF right now.  We already did - twice.  That's how Wells and Trayvon got here in the first place.
We were prepared for Guti to be ineffective.  We had to be.  No way to know how he'd recover over the offseason from his diet issues.
So Plan B had to be Wells or Robinson, right? Let Wells play CF, I'm begging you.  I think he'll do fine.  Great arm, fast, a clubber at the plate...what's not to like at the position?
A 105 OPS+ would match Guti's HIGH.  Casper's 300 pro ABs are much higher than that.  Stick him in CF, give up a couple of doubles against and take a couple of HRs for.  Call it a day.
And yes, at this rate we're building a Boston or NYY type of offense.  The Bo Sox moved their 1B to third.  So did Detroit.  None of them are griping about it. Move Wells to CF, see if Catricala can stay at 3B, let Montero catch a bunch, and watch the offense pile up.
Several of our pitchers by the end of the season will be the miss-bats type anyway.  Someone tell Hultzen to throw the ball by people instead of pitching to contact and we'll see if we can't "overcome" an iffy D at some positions with a wealth of offense and pitcher strikeouts.
~G