Not a bad idea, Wish.
Give Blackmon his Away numbers and you ocould figure that he would hit the .261-.302-.422 that you wrote about....and in 600 PA's you could figure on 18 homers and 30 doubles...I love guys who get close to 50 XB's,
He's pretty cheap and brings a nice COF glove.
It wouldn't bother me if we ended up with a RHB. If Vogs and Gamel are on the 25 and in the lineup then we're only rolling Zunino and Cruz out there with RHB's, minus whoever we have at SS. Fowler is a switchie, which is even better.
Would St. Louis part with Grichuk? You would have to include somebody like Karns and a Jackson. Maybe that does it. Maybe. OK, probably not. Add Deej. Or an MLB RP.
Grichuk K's like a bandit, 30% of the time. But he's young, with room to grow, has no platoon concern, was a plus glove CF'er last year, will give you 20 HR's, is cheap, OPS'ed .877 just a year ago.....and isn't likely to be traded by St. Louis. But I would like him quite a bit. K's be damned.
Actually Grichuk hit in '16 what I might think O'Neill would hit in '17 if he got decently hot.