Nevin Trade

The Twins traded for Phil Nevin. He is a 35 year old right hander who plays first on the corner outfield positions, though none of them well. But it doesn’t really matter since he will be playing DH.

DH is by far the Twin’s weakest position. Here is the line for the Twin’s DH’s .263/.310/.364 OPS .674 RC/g is 3.55. Seattle is the only team nearly as bad with their DH’s creating 3.82 runs per game.

All the DH position needs to do is hit and it should hit better than most other positions in the lineup. Yet with the Twins even their SS and catchers hit better then their DH. It is a big reason why they are a ½ game behind right now.

Nevin is a good late season fix. He is not the hitter he once was but he has some pop in his bat. Nevin’s career .271/.343/.474 and an OPS of .817.

This year he is doing OK. He is hitting .245/.321/.456 with an OPS of .777. The OPS is 100 points higher than their DH’s are doing now. That is quite an improvement. Also, his RC/G is 4.71. It is over a run higher than the Twins are doing now.

It may be too little too late though. Since he will be only playing, at most, 30 more games his addition won’t make much of a difference. He is projected to create about 5 more runs than the current DH’s which is about a ½ a win.

Still it is a good trade for the Twins. He is a much needed player for the weakest position on their team.