I don't see Vogelbach as "fat." I see a barrel-chested guy with (comparatively) skinny legs and short little steps. He's not carrying a fat arse or fleshy thighs. His abbreviated, Thome-esque, follow-through is a result of his barrel-shaped, not long and levery, physique. He's a big man. Would bet his dad looked just like him.
He isn't a ballerina, or an Olerud, at 1B, but he can launch it, has a great eye, and sprays the ball to all fields. His career Fld % (including minors) at 1B is .990 and he makes an error every 100 innings. Valencia (in the bigs) has a 1B Fld % of .993 and makes an error about every 95 innings.
We traded a hugely valuable resource for him. 44 MLB PA's is hardly an adequate look-see. Alonzo just became a 3x$8M guy, or something like that. I would prefer we invest that dough elsewhere. 1B types are usually pretty easy to pick up. I would just as soon we give the gig to Vogs, platoon him if necessary, and bid bigger on Otani, etc.
Over the last two years, Vogs has had vR lines (AAA and MLB combined) of .307-.430-.516 ('16) and .304-.412-.485 ('17). He's hit 32 homeruns in 864 vR appearances and had 143 BB's vs. 148 K's. All evidence suggets the guy sort of clubs RHP. He was terrible vs. LHP this year (.618) but more than passable (.791) last year.
I know, those are 820 AAA PA's and 44 MLB PA's....but that's my point. He hasn't had a chance to hit in the bigs.
Some 5'5 guy hit three moon shots last night for the Astros. You don't have to look like an Upton of Harper to hit in the bigs.
G said above that he was sure that the Orcs could use Vog's 105-110 OPS bat in some fashion. Guys, that was Alonzo until this season. In his three seasons as a mostly fulltime player, he had ISO'ed .120, .99 and .114. In 2010, at age 23 vs AA/AAA, Alonzo vR'ed .295-.372-.469. The next season, Vs. AAA/MLB it was .305-.383-.492.
Just sayin' .
Vogs will hit. I"ll take his 110 next season, which would make him a bat like Segura, Cano or Seager this season. That makes more sense to me than the multi-year contract you're going to give Alonzo.