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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1503682" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>Almora is not a particularly good fielder. He catches what he gets to - often spectacularly - but has miserable range for someone who's supposed to be a center fielder. He's slow and gets poor jumps. His arm is also nothing special. Some people try to make him out like a Kiermaier or Harrison Bader in the field, but it's just not the case. He doesn't have anywhere near the glove that would justify keeping his miserable bat in the lineup, even on a platoon or part time basis. Happ can be a more effective center fielder than Almora is based on his speed alone. </p><p></p><p>I understand wanting a late inning defensive replacement for Schwarber, but you can get someone who's better defensively than Schwarber (low bar) and better than Almora at the plate (extremely low bar).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1503682, member: 26283"] Almora is not a particularly good fielder. He catches what he gets to - often spectacularly - but has miserable range for someone who's supposed to be a center fielder. He's slow and gets poor jumps. His arm is also nothing special. Some people try to make him out like a Kiermaier or Harrison Bader in the field, but it's just not the case. He doesn't have anywhere near the glove that would justify keeping his miserable bat in the lineup, even on a platoon or part time basis. Happ can be a more effective center fielder than Almora is based on his speed alone. I understand wanting a late inning defensive replacement for Schwarber, but you can get someone who's better defensively than Schwarber (low bar) and better than Almora at the plate (extremely low bar). [/QUOTE]
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