it seems like he'd be the best one-for-one exchange for Valdez given what each could potentially contribute.
I think that's a fair way to look at their bat-upside overlap. Franchy's a decent OF with a good arm. So he may have some value to a team that's thin there and believes they can fix him.
They’ve got a lot of guys they could DFA. Familia, Ort, Plawecki, Franchy, Davis seem eminently fungible. They will need to potentially open up a spot if Paxton returns, too.
They'll probably keep
Plawecki over Wong if they're still mathematically in it. Experience with the staff and all that. But if McGuire shows he can take over catching and Plawecki continues not to hit. . .
Ort. . .they control him, and he has good AAA numbers. But he's 30 and hasn't been effective at the ML level. He might be the last to go of this group, actually.
They'll
probably hold onto
J.Davis for a bit, as he is OF depth, has actually hit a bit, has options, and because they could control him for a few years if they want to. If Hernandez is back full-time and Refsnyder is healthy his potential role diminishes quite a bit.
Familia. . .they either think they can fix him or he is just an innings eating arm they grabbed for a week as a break-glass option. He signed on August 9 and they haven't used the guy once since then. So. . .I don't know what his role is. If it's break-glass he's the first one gone.
Franchy - dinged, to a degree redundant.
