If he's 100+ OPS with great OF defense, I'll be pretty darn happy.
And we all should. A quiz: How many 2016 MLB OF'ers played in 100 games on the OF grass, hit 18 homers and .260-320-.475 (or better), with 450 PA's/162 games?
NINE! In all of baseball. NINE!
Trout, Betts, Blackmon, Bradley, Yellich, Braun, CarGo, Cespedes, and JD Martinez. Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! That's a modern Murderer's Row.
The closest guys (regardless of position) to those numbers were Justin Turner (27, .275-.339-.493), Neil Walker (23, .282-.347-.476), and Stephen Piscotty (22, .273-.343-.457). They OPS'ed 124, 118 and 112.
Piscotty, a guy I wanted us to trade for 3 years ago, seems a natural comparison. Glovey, toolsy, has pop and is pretty dang good. If he is the upside.....that's a heck of an upside.
If we got Piscotty as a throw-in, Dipoto is the new Bilbo Baggins, a burglar of world-class abilities.
But if Haniger just hits 20+ taters and OPS's .760, then he's only a Hosmer. And that's still a 100+OPS guy....with a terrific OF glove. Give me that and I'll be perfectly happy.
Hey, I'm easy to please.