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Ralph Freso/Getty ImagesIn a widely expected move Brett Cecil Jersey , the Arizona Diamondbacks picked up the $14.5 million club option for first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, nday.Goldschmidt averaged .290 and slugged .533 while posting 33 home runs and 83 RBI in 2018. His 5.1 WAR ranked 18th among MLB position players, per FanGraphs.Picking up Goldschmidt's option was a no-brainer for Arizona. According to Spotrac, he'll be theninth-highest-paidfirst baseman in baseball along with Matt Carpenter next season. Goldschmidt's salary is a bargain relative to his production.The big question is whether the Diamondbacks look to cash in on Goldschmidt's trade value before he hits free agency in 2020.After notching 93 victories and reaching the National League Division Series in 2017, Arizona went 82-80 in 2018. The team finished 9.5 games back of the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers and 8.5 games out of the last wild-card spot.The franchise may be trending downward next year, especially considering it could lose A.J. Pollock and Patrick Corbin as free agents this winter.In September, general manager Mike Hazen didn't say one way or the other whether the Diamondbacks might start tearing down their roster this offseason, perNick Piecoroof theArizona Republic:"I don't have an answer for that right now.There's obviously a myriad of avenues and realities that we're going to talk through. We have a solid core of talent on this team and for the majority of the season we've been in first place. We're going to start [in] the next few weeks to really [assess] where we stand. I think that will dictate what happens next."Even though he's entering the final year of his contract, trading Goldschmidt would likely mean receiving a top prospect or two to get a rebuild underway.Of course, the Diamondbacks could trigger a long-term rebuilding plan and re-sign Goldschmidt anyway, using him as a veteran leader much like how the Cincinnati Reds lean on Joey Votto. Piecoro speculated Goldschmidt might prefer to stay in Arizona rather than leave for a bigger market.Locking Goldschmidt in for 2019 was the easy part for Hazen and the Diamondbacks front office. The hard part is deciding what to do next. Will the hometown 2B stay consistent another year, or will his luck run out?"Fast FactsSecond baseman28 years oldBorn in Cincinnati.Real name is Ryan. I will not tell you the story about how he got the name Scooter. Truly, we have all heard it enough.Better at baseball than you or any of your friends.Organizational historySelected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 16th round of the 2009 draft.Claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds before the 2017 season.Settled for a $9.8 million salary in arbitration.Will be eligible for free agency following the 2019 season.Career statsScouting reportSource: FanGraphsKen Gif-y Jr.ProjectionsOutlookLast Friday http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-marcell-ozuna-jersey , I wrote about Luis Castillo, and talked a lot about how we’re entering the 2019 season wondering the same things about him that we did a year ago. We’re still wondering if this is the year he develops into an ace, if the ultra-bright flashes of promise he’s shown in the past can manifest themselves over the course of a full season, and cement his presence at the top of Cincinnati’s rotation for years to come.Oddly enough, we’re also entering Scooter Gennett’s 2019 with the same questions we had last year. In his case, however, it isn’t a question of whether or not he can break out — it’s a question of whether he can continue to produce in the same way he has over the past two seasons.in just the 21st percentile of all major league hitters, his hard hit percentage was in the 25th percentile, and his xwOBA was in the 37th percentile.In 2017, the difference between his actual slugging percentage and his expected slugging percentage was the fourth-highest in baseball, according to Statcast. In 2018, it was the ninth-highest. For two years, the results produced by the balls he puts in play have been far greater than what hitters with similar contact data tend to experience. Three seasons ago Michael Wacha Jersey , Gennett had an average exit velocity of 86.7 miles per hour, a 7 percent walk rate, and a wRC+ of 92. Last season, he had an exit velocity of 86.7 miles per hour, a 6.6 percent walk rate, and a wRC+ of 125. Obviously, those are just two stats out of many one can turn to to qualify a hitter’s season, but the basic story they tell is that Gennett his the ball precisely as hard now as he did before he joined the Reds, walks roughly as often, and has somehow gone from a below-average hitter to one of baseball’s best.Is that transformation here to stay? I don’t think we’re ready to answer that yet, and apparently, the Reds aren’t either. As has recently been discussed, Gennett has been open about wanting a contract extension that would keep him with his hometown team beyond 2019 Ozzie Smith Jersey , when his current deal expires. Cincinnati allegedly hasn’t responded with an offer, a clear indication that they’re not ready to buy into Gennett’s longterm viability just yet. The Reds haven’t traded him, either, even when doing so would open a spot in the lineup for the organization’s top prospect, which could be taken to mean they haven’t gotten any offers for him, but could also mean the team still sees Gennett as someone who can be an important contributor in the coming season.Gennett’s luck might run out in 2019. This might be the year that his numbers finally begin to match up with the peripherals, and that someone who has comfortably fit in as a middle of the order hitter over the last two seasons may fall near the bottom of a lineup that projects as one of the most potent in the National League. His defensive shortcomings could resurface, his walk rate could remain frighteningly stagnant, and he might regress quickly.On the other hand, maybe this is just who Gennett is. Maybe he’s one of those players who manage to routinely outperform his talent level. Maybe he’ll put together another .300 batting average with 25 homers, and make a real compelling case to anyone in search of a second baseman in next year’s free agency period. Maybe Gennett’s been showing us his true self all along, just waiting for us to believe him.

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