Can a Healthy Offseason Help Byron Buxton’s 2025 Performance?

[Major League Ready]

20 minutes ago, rv78 said:

Neither.  I would take Player 2 if he would play 160 games at 2 WAR. And if he can't, I would find someone who could.

I will take player 1 and back him up with a player that produces 1 WAR and end up with 5 WAR instead of 2 and then hope that I have player #1 back for the playoffs which would significantly enhance the team's potential in the playoffs. 

[rv78]

3 hours ago, Major League Ready said:

I will take player 1 and back him up with a player that produces 1 WAR and end up with 5 WAR instead of 2 and then hope that I have player #1 back for the playoffs which would significantly enhance the team's potential in the playoffs. 

Unfortunately for you Player 1 won't be needed in the playoffs since you'll miss the playoffs. Remind you of anything?

[Major League Ready]

55 minutes ago, rv78 said:

Unfortunately for you Player 1 won't be needed in the playoffs since you'll miss the playoffs. Remind you of anything?

Really?  Let's do the math together.  Player 1 produces 4 WAR in 80 games and we get 1 WAR out of his back-up.  That's 5 wins.  You will have to explain how taking the player that produces 2 WAR means they would be more likely to get in the playoffs.  The scenario we just described would mean the team with player 1 wins 3 more games than the player you describe.  

[ashbury]

I take issue with the assumption built into this article.  Buxton does not enter this off-season healthy.  Watching him in the outfield during the dozen games he played after coming off the IL, I believe he declined to attempt plays that any CFer is expected to make now and then.  He was favoring something, and as a result he was only a fraction of the Byron Buxton that we know.  It could be that the missing fraction is never coming back.  But in any case he wasn't healthy at season's end.  He played through it because the team needed him.

[rv78]

2 hours ago, Major League Ready said:

Really?  Let's do the math together.  Player 1 produces 4 WAR in 80 games and we get 1 WAR out of his back-up.  That's 5 wins.  You will have to explain how taking the player that produces 2 WAR means they would be more likely to get in the playoffs.  The scenario we just described would mean the team with player 1 wins 3 more games than the player you describe.  

The Twins are using the strategy you imply. How's it working? 

[Major League Ready]

2 hours ago, rv78 said:

The Twins are using the strategy you imply. How's it working? 

The answer is not a strategy that yields two less wins and a weaker playoff team.  More to the point.  He has a no trade clause that he is highly unlikely to waive so what's the point?