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I wonder what their long-term plans are on Chase Headley and Kyle Blanks. Headley has played most of his games in the OF the last two years, though of course that might have been because of Kouzmanoff...
SD has the Adam Dunn-like, 400-lb. Kyle Blanks in RF and Venable in LF, with Headley at 3B. I wonder if, in a Lopez deal, they would set it up Blanks 1B, Lopez 3B, Venable-Headley OF. That's a pretty smooth config if you ask me.
I don't understand something. You bring up Lopez's fantastic UZR thus far as evidence that he's an excellent 3B, but then question Headley, a player you don't (nor I, admittedly) know anything about beyond potentially his UZR and... he's only a half-step below Lopez at a UZR/150 of 18.8.