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Originally posted by KSigkid
Rob, if the Sox got Youkulis, what do you think they would do with Josh Fields? Would they move Youk to 1st base? It would be an awful trade if Boston trades Youkulis and a huge trade for Chicago, I agree with you on that one.
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Youkilis has played quite a bit of 1b, and a little OF as well - some have speculated that this was in an effort to increase his value for trade.
As far as Fields, he's only 22, and his numbers last year weren't exactly dominant, even for the Carolina League - here's the line:
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Year Team Lg AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG
2004 WNS CR 256 73 12 4 7 18 74 0 0 . 285 .333 .445
MLVr EqBA EqOBP EqSLG EqMLVr VORP WARP EqA Defense
.088 .243 . 285 .392 -.191 -0.8 0.0 . 234 57-3B -5
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Again, note the defense rating - some have claimed he'd be better off at first . . . I'd say he needs to learn how to catch, but the White Sox apparenty actually care about 'defense'.
Either way, he's a few years away at yet, and so Youk will be just reaching his age-28/29/30 seasons when he's ready - he'll be arb-eligible and easy to move. Sounds like a deal to me. The other option would be moving Fields in a package deal to get Youkilis, possibly getting someone like Dustin Pedroia in return - that would give the Red Sox what they need (depth in AA and below), give the White Sox a young 2B candidate (who projects to a double-digit VORP in the majors right now), and the Red Sox don't have to pick between Pedroia and Hanley Ramirez.
Interesting observation that only Collin will care about
: the #1 PECOTA comparable to Fields right now is Wily Mo Pena's 2004 season . . . also in the top-20? Danny Ainge in 1983 (at like #13). His PECOTA forcast is fascinating.