Corey Dickersonamania

 Reports are the Nats are bringing Corey Dickerson.  He's a name you've heard of so maybe he's good? Let's see. 

At his peak Dickerson was guy you could stick in LF and accept it. He's not at his peak anymore. He's also not fast. 

His value comes entirely from his bat. How is that? Well he's not patient (and OBP of .324 with an average of .281) but luckily somewhere in the past few years he realized that he couldn't just grip it and rip it and cut way down on his strikeouts. He's a contact guy. He had pop in the past but since turning 30 that's mostly gone and he's a 15 homer guy maybe. 

He had been holding pretty steady in the type of hits he'd have but last year he had a big drop in hard hits. That's ok as long as those hard hits become medium hits and no medium hits become soft hits. That's what happened last year so he maintained an average offensive profile. Can he repeat it another year? Or have a little bounce back?

He's a lefty bat who is seeing the most rapid drop against lefty pitching. He very clearly shouldn't be facing and LHP which means he's not an everyday starter. 

In short : He's a "professional hitter". A guy who spent his life putting good contact on the ball and hitting all types of hits to all types of places in the field.  When he was younger it could all come together into some pretty decent seasons at the plate but those days are probably gone. He's not a bad option for a 4th OF or a platoon player with a righty masher.  But given his splits, his poor defense, and his lack of speed, he can't be an everyday player in the majors.

I'll have to see how the Nats use him to judge it, but the real problem isn't that the Nats signed Dickerson, who could be a usable player on most teams, but the fact he might be one of their better bats.