The Purple Sox are reportedly in settlement with outfielder Adam Duvall on a one-year, $7MM deal that might attain as much as $10MM with efficiency bonuses, according to Craig Mish of the Miami Herald. According to MassLive’s Chris Cotillo, the efficiency bonuses are primarily based on plate appearances. The deal is pending a bodily. Duvall is a consumer of CAA Sports activities.
Duvall, 34, began his MLB profession with the Giants in 2014 and has since bounced across the NL, enjoying for the Reds, Braves, and Marlins. The highlights of his profession to date have been the 2016 season, when he earned an All Star choice with the Reds, slashing .241/.297/.498 (104 wRC+) with 33 homers in 150 video games, and the 2021 season, the place he earned a Gold Glove award, slashed .226/.287/.513 (107 wRC+) down the stretch for the Braves following a midseason commerce from the Marlins, and gained the World Collection with Atlanta. On the season, Duvall led the NL in RBI with 113 whereas swatting 38 house runs.
Duvall returned to Atlanta for the 2022 season for his remaining 12 months of arbitration after being non-tendered by the membership only a 12 months prior, however his age 33 season didn’t go fairly in addition to his time with the Braves the season prior had. Previous to his season ending with a left wrist sprain in late July, Duvall’s offense regressed considerably. Coming into the 2022 season, Duvall’s profession ISO was .241, and his .263 ISO in 2021 ranked 14 amongst all certified batters. That energy largely disappeared in 2022, nonetheless, with Duvall’s ISO shrinking to simply .188, simply 74th in baseball amongst gamers with a minimum of 300 PA. This dip in energy noticed Duvall’s offensive manufacturing crater, as he mustered only a .213/.276/.401 (87 wRC+) line in 86 video games, although his strong protection nonetheless allowed him to build up 0.9 fWAR in that point.
Duvall’s 2022 strikeout and stroll charges, along with his batted ball profile, stayed pretty in line with these he posted in 2021, suggesting that Duvall’s energy outage in 2022 might merely be as a result of change in offensive atmosphere final season, relatively than a regression in expertise. For a low-OBP slugger like Duvall, the loss in energy is actually regarding relating to his capacity to play as a mean bat on an on a regular basis foundation. That being mentioned, Duvall nonetheless crushed lefties to the tune of a .233/.282/.562 slash line (129 wRC+) in 2022 whereas posting a powerful +5 OAA in simply half a season of enjoying time cut up primarily between left and heart subject, displaying he does nonetheless have worth even when his energy doesn’t return to its pre-2022 type.
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