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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
We need more offense. Hopefully Borgus in CF and Carpenter at 3B will improve our defense. No way are we going to have that sky high RISP% this year.
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Jay was a league average hitter last year, as was Freese. Kozma was 50 wRC below average. He had one of the three worst offensive seasons in the history of the organization. The difference between Kozma and Jhonny Peralta is equivalent to the difference between Jon Jay and Mike Trout. That's not hyperbole, either; that's statistically defensible.
You cannot understate how large of an offensive chasm Kozma was. I'll put it this way: If Matt Carpenter were to turn into Jon Jay offensively this year, we would still be 20 percent ahead of the difference between Kozma and Peralta.
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