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Originally Posted by KSigkid
KSigRC, here's a question for you: Is it worth it for the Yankees to take a flyer on Luis Matos if he's placed on waivers? He was designated for assignment last week by Baltimore. I figure that they can't do worse, and he would be an improvement over the Crosby/Kevin Thompson crowd if he can stay healthy (which is a big if).
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Uh, right now he's .208/.278/.331 in 120ish ABs this season - career he's .256/.313/.375 but that includes some bad years playing about 30 games while shuffling back and forth.
He's a positive-value expectation player, though (about 12 career WARP), which is probably more than you can say about Thompson (who nearly defines 'replacement level') and probably about Crosby if he has to play any reasonable amount of time in a corner.
The problem, obviously, is that Matos has never really been healthy - he's probably worth throwing at the wall and seeing what sticks, though. I'd guess you see a AA lefty reliever going to Bal'more during the DFA period to pick up Matos, and he's immediately plugged into left field - Matos has always had superb range, so he might take a little added pressure off Damon as well, which would be a good thing.
He's really not a great solution in a corner with his "only slugged over .410 once" bat, though, especially opposite the decaying corpse of Bernie and/or Melky's noodle bat . . . then again, you get away with a lot when you start 4 above-average infielders, a good-OBP 1B w/ great defensive skills, and are solid up the middle. Overall, I'd do it, since there's zero risk and if he gets hot and doesn't die, there's potential for reward - this might tell you whether Cashman's really in charge, since it's a very Epstein/Beane/Ricciardi/Cashman "young blood"-type risk/reward scenario (as opposed to a Steinbrenner "GET ME DANNY TARTABULL" big splash)
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