Vote breakdown
Overview
Rating: 2.57
Age: 29
2022 Stats: 83 G, 234 PA, .176/.274/.361 = .634 OPS (79 OPS+), 11 HR, 28 RBI, 0.1 bWAR
2022 Earnings: $1,400,000 (per Spotrac)
2023 Status: UFA
2022 review
When Mike Hazen shipped minor leaguer Ronny Simon to the Tampa Bay Rays for Jordan Luplow in November of 2021, it seemed to fill a pretty obvious gap as a platoon bat and/or utility player. Additionally, he could provide some *insert valuable veteran leadership cliche* here for a squad that was primed to be substantially younger and inexperienced in 2022 as MLB’s fourth-ranked farm system in the preseason started paying dividends. While we’ll never fully know the impact Luplow had on the youngsters,…
