Is something Wrong with Ben Revere?

[Duck_walk]

The guy had a terrible year in 2016. He is a singles hitter and doesn't walk a lot so his OBP is mediocre. But he is 28, a .285 career hitter, good runner and I think as recently as 2014 he had 45+ steals. He signed for one year, 4 million. Without knowing much about his defense, seems like he could have been a nice bench addition.

 

[vbsideout]

The guy had a terrible year in 2016. He is a singles hitter and doesn't walk a lot so his OBP is mediocre. But he is 28, a .285 career hitter, good runner and I think as recently as 2014 he had 45+ steals. He signed for one year, 4 million. Without knowing much about his defense, seems like he could have been a nice bench addition.

I suspect he would not sign as a bench player.

 

[Duck_walk]

I suspect he would not sign as a bench player.

Likely true. But given Grichuk and Pham's history, the 5th OF is going 300 ABs minimum.

 

[Eagles_Ball]

I'd agree, he's probably searching for an everyday gig. But it we're talking 5th OF'er, you could do a lot worse than him.

 

[Neutron Monster]

For some reason he started hitting a ton of fly balls last year - it would be interesting to see what a decent hitting coach could do to address that.

 

[vbsideout]

For some reason he started hitting a ton of fly balls last year - it would be interesting to see what a decent hitting coach could do to address that.

I am not one of them, but there are a few on here that would tell you the Birds don't have a decent hitting coach.

 

[3Rfan]

I am not one of them, but there are a few on here that would tell you the Birds don't have a decent hitting coach.

But they like HR's and the Birds hit a bunch of em last season.