I keep saying that I'm a big Elias fan, and I am. Moxie, guts, grande huevos....you name it, I think the kid has it. Oh, and stuff.
But we could certainly use another OF, one who happens to be a RHB, controlled cheaply, can go get it in CF and has a bit of pop. ChecK. Check. Check. And CHECK, in Ozuna.
If Kivlehan is a guy who can play CF decently, then I'm very happy giving him that shot. More than happy, in that then we can keep our Cuban. Kivlehan has 20 HR's in him, in '16 in Safeco, given the AB's. We could do worse, if he has the leathery chops. But then, I'm high on him, as you know.
O'Malley had 10 CF starts for the M's last year. He hits LHP. I could live with him getting a bunch vL starts in CF. Heck, B-R projects him to .254-.330-.398 in '16. If Ozuna is .269-.319-.424 then the 19 OPS pt. difference may not be even close enough to give away too much.
And then there are other Ozuna-types to be swapped for.
And there is the Boog.
Ozuna is nice. I like him. His 20 HR potential makes him nicer than O'Malley....and he's much more likely to play everyday. If Kivlehan doesn't have a CF glove, then Ozuna has that on our AAA guy. All of that is said and good. But I'm not giving up too much to get him.