Meh....go with Martin as the backup for Buxton (and Castro).....put your money elsewhere. (LF or RF or 1B are about it, really, as options, and CF, but there's only 1 good CF available).
This isn't a hard choice at all. If someone wants to keep him on their 26 man roster all year, more power to them. Or, I believe, they can take him and then work out a deal with MN to put them on their 40 man......which, sure, why not?
If he hits and walks and plays D like he did, I don't care his outs are SOs and not weak ground outs. Not even a little. If he played a full year in LF, at the rate he did this year (unlikely), he's the 2nd best LFer in the majors in terms of fWAR. It was a great year for him, if only the FO had called him up and left him up earlier....
I love the ideas.....but no way I pay Bellinger for more than three years......He wasn't all that good the last few years before this one. And, at some point, he won't be all that good in CF, imo. I'd rather spend that money and Polanco's on a top end starter and take my chances in CF with Martin.
Sure, but that doesn't change my thoughts on the defense. So was the opposing QB today? How much did they score? I like Flores a lot..... But they aren't playing even average QBs right now.
If they don't sign Hunter, and they could have had a 2nd and 3rd, I'll be disappointed, but we'll never know, so I'll pretend that wasn't on the table if he signs elsewhere.