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A young 1B with upside?
Branyan has OPS+'ed about 125 the past couple years. He has some upside above that, if he can stay healthy.
How much more OPS+ ya gonna get with a young 1B? If your young 1B did 125, you'd be ecstatic, I would think.
I keep thinking back to what Z repeated time & again last year, that we haven't heard as much this year. 'Increase the talent level in the organization'. Branyan is an extremely talented power batter. You wish he was younger, for age-arc reasons, but there's no reason to think he won't be a major offensive threat for a couple more years.