Yoenis Cespedes says the six teams with “more interest” in signing him are the Marlins, Cubs, White Sox, Orioles, Tigers and Indians, tweets Dionisio Soldevila of the Associated Press. The Cuban outfielder, who struck out in each of his three at bats in the Dominican Winter League last night, will likely become a free agent soon. Cespedes said he isn’t worried that his performance in the Winter League will reduce his bargaining power, Soldevila tweets.
Clay Davenport analyzed Yoenis Cespedes’ case and projected his MLB stats:
| Year | Tm | Lge | Age | PA | AB | R | H | DB | TP | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BAvg | OBP | SLG | EqBA | EqOBA | EqSLG | EqA | RAR | WARP | Defense | MJ | Brk | Imp | Col | Att | Drp | |
| 2012 | FA_ | NL | 26 | 566 | 516 | 74 | 134 | 26 | 2 | 24 | 77 | 46 | 101 | 8 | 3 | .260 | .325 | .457 | .263 | .330 | .471 | .279 | 33.5 | 4.1 | 132-CF 1 | 88 | 23 | 53 | 19 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2013 | FA_ | NL | 27 | 560 | 509 | 75 | 133 | 26 | 2 | 24 | 76 | 47 | 101 | 8 | 3 | .261 | .329 | .462 | .262 | .332 | .467 | .280 | 34.6 | 4.3 | 131-CF 1 | 95 | 27 | 48 | 20 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2014 | FA_ | NL | 28 | 559 | 509 | 75 | 134 | 26 | 2 | 25 | 79 | 46 | 101 | 7 | 3 | .263 | .329 | .470 | .264 | .333 | .475 | .282 | 35.7 | 4.4 | 131-CF 1 | 100 | 24 | 48 | 23 | 23 | 8 | |
| 2015 | FA_ | NL | 29 | 516 | 467 | 69 | 122 | 24 | 2 | 23 | 72 | 45 | 95 | 5 | 2 | .261 | .331 | .469 | .262 | .335 | .475 | .283 | 33.3 | 4.1 | 120-CF 1 | 98 | 28 | 47 | 31 | 31 | 20 | |
| 2016 | FA_ | NL | 30 | 496 | 451 | 63 | 115 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 69 | 41 | 88 | 4 | 2 | .255 | .323 | .452 | .256 | .327 | .461 | .276 | 27.7 | 3.4 | 116-CF 1 | 92 | 24 | 37 | 40 | 37 | 24 | |
| 2017 | FA_ | NL | 31 | 463 | 418 | 60 | 109 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 64 | 41 | 82 | 4 | 2 | .261 | .333 | .464 | .262 | .337 | .474 | .282 | 29.3 | 3.6 | 108-CF 1 | 97 | 23 | 42 | 42 | 46 | 29 |
Check out Davenport’s analysis.
PS. You got to check out Jose Abreu’s 2011 stats: .453/.597/.986 with a 32/58 K /BB ratio in 212 AB. That’s a 1.983 OPS! The guy hit 33 HR in 212 AB!!
