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I, Claudio
"Dustin Pedroia doesn't have the strength or bat speed to hit major-league pitching consistently, and he has no power......He probably has a future as a backup infielder if he can stop rolling over to third base and shortstop." Keith Law, 2006
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Lefty specialist presumably? They have a .498 OPS against him for his career
"Dustin Pedroia doesn't have the strength or bat speed to hit major-league pitching consistently, and he has no power......He probably has a future as a backup infielder if he can stop rolling over to third base and shortstop." Keith Law, 2006
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In limited innings has decent numbers against LHBs.

2016 17 innings, .71 WHIP, .177 BA against, 2.65 ERA

2017 29 innings, .58 WHIP, .147 BA against, 2.78 ERA

2018 24 innings, 1.00 WHIP, .244 BA against, 3.38 ERA

 

Not good numbers against RHB

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MLBTR has him projected for $1.3mm in arbitration so not really any savings over Dan Jennings or Xavier Cedeno. Adam Mccalvy tweeted that Claudio has a minor league option remaining which helps for roster construction.

 

I'm not a huge fan of giving up the drat pick for him, but the deal makes sense for 2019.

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My concern is guys seem to hit him around pretty good. Gives up a ton of hits for a reliever. 91 hits in 68 innings? Yikes. Doesn’t strike out many guys either. He doesn’t walk many guys and keeps the ball in the park though. I don’t like giving up the pick in this situation.
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Claudio had 17 appearances in 2018 of 4 or more outs.

 

So if he can serve as a LOOGY + rubber arm kinda like Jennings was in 2018 that's useful. The minor league option is even better. He comes in to soak up a couple garbage time innings and then gets optioned for a couple weeks.

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I would be curious what his stats are against RH hitters on the road over his career. That stadium is such a launching pad, he could be more effective against RH hitters when not in that stadium.

 

I don't have the exact numbers in front of me but I'd wager that hitting the ball out of the park to LF in Miller Park and LF in Arlington are not much different. Probably easier for someone to hit a HR to RF off of Claudio in Texas by a little bit but probably not a huge deal with righty hitters overall.

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he had a ridiculously high BABIP last year
"Dustin Pedroia doesn't have the strength or bat speed to hit major-league pitching consistently, and he has no power......He probably has a future as a backup infielder if he can stop rolling over to third base and shortstop." Keith Law, 2006
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I hate giving up the pick, but for career #'s versus lefties, he's far better than Logan, Cedeno, or Jennings.

 

He's going to be a LOOGY only type who probably spends time between Milwaukee and San Antonio, rotating up when we face lefty heavy teams or a dangerous lefty like Harper or Rizzo.

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He's going to be a LOOGY only type who probably spends time between Milwaukee and San Antonio, rotating up when we face lefty heavy teams or a dangerous lefty like Harper or Rizzo.

 

And we gave up a draft pick and around $2 million of our bonus pool for this. Just wonderful.

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