This
is another in a series of posts on various shortstops that have been rumored to
be available in possible trades.
Gregorius
was signed as an international free agent by the Cincinnati Reds in 2008, out
of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
He
played for five seasons in the Reds organizations, including 20-AB in the
majors (.300).
After
the 2012 season, the Reds traded Gregorius to the Arizona Diamondbacks as part
of a three team trade that also involved the Cleveland Indians. The Reds sent
Gregorius to Cleveland along with Drew Stubbs in
exchange for Shin-Soo Choo and Jason Donald. The Tribe then flipped Gregorius to Arizona with reliever Tony Sipp and infielder Lars
Anderson for pitchers Trevor Bauer, Bryan Shaw and Matt Albers[i]
He
had 357 at bats for Arizona (as their starting shortstop) in 2013 with a stat
line of: .252/.332/.373/.704, 7-HR, 28-RBI, 65-K, 37-BB.
Gregorius
is a pure shortstop with a lifetime minor league fielding percentage of .946
(1,970-TC, 107-E) and .971 last year with Arizona (13-E).
MLB
Prospect Watch said on 12-11-12:
He's
not an offensive force. What he is,is a prospect who has the arm to play
anywhere in the infield. The Reds have used Gregorius exclusively at shortstop,
and he has plenty of range and arm to handle the position. The knock on him is his ability to make the
routine play. Before the 2012 season, Marc Hulet of FanGraphs.com said about
his defense, "Gregorius has a very strong arm and good range at shortstop
but he makes sloppy errors at times."
Baseball America had a similar scouting report on him at the same
time. During the 2012 season, Gregorius
knocked his error total down to 18 in 122 games, having made 21 in just 80
games the previous year. That's
significant progress. It doesn't mean
Gregorius' defense is out of the woods just yet, but it's a good start.
2 comments:
A D D at first base (Davis Duda) and a Didi at SS. Does Arizona have any need for one of our D D's?
Ruben Tejada set a goal last nite - more hits than errors. He may make it.
Thomas -
No one trades for someone that currently isn't playing for the other team.
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