They are my biggest worries, as well. Not so much Bloomquist, as every team has a 25th guy who covers a bunch of roles and isn't expected to hit great. I've begun to feel that Weeks' '14 statistics are outliers and have fooled us as to what he's got left in the tank. Last season he hit .294 against RHP and .256 vs. LHP. His vR numbers were fueled by a .420 BABIP and his vL numbers were driven by 18 xbase hits (7 homer) in 133 AB's.
In '12-'13 & '15 he hit .224, .201 and .091 vs RHP. Vs. lefties in those three years he's had 20 xbase hits in 264 ABs, with 8 homers.
He won't hit .091 vs RHP all year....but his upside there is pretty limited, unless he sports (again) an Ichiro-like BABIP.
He would be the first guy I let go. If we could trade Ackley for something almost useful, I would do that first....but I'm not sure that option exists right now.
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