Pittsburgh Pirates: Potential Future Trade Destinations for Adam Frazier

throws to first base against the Chicago Cubs during the home opening game at Wrigley Field on April 08, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
throws to first base against the Chicago Cubs during the home opening game at Wrigley Field on April 08, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /
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PEORIA, ARIZONA – MARCH 05: Eric Hosmer #30 of the San Diego Padres is congratulated by teammates after scoring a run against the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning of a Cactus League spring training baseball game at Peoria Stadium on March 05, 2020 in Peoria, Arizona. (Photo by Ralph Freso/Getty Images)
PEORIA, ARIZONA – MARCH 05: Eric Hosmer #30 of the San Diego Padres is congratulated by teammates after scoring a run against the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning of a Cactus League spring training baseball game at Peoria Stadium on March 05, 2020 in Peoria, Arizona. (Photo by Ralph Freso/Getty Images) /

San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres created a hole at second base when they traded away former top 20 prospect Luis Urias. Then they went out, and fixed the problem,..sorta. They first acquired former number one overall prospect Jurickson Profar from the Oakland A’s. Despite the switch hitter being ranked as the number one prospect many years ago (2012-2013), Profar has yet to establish himself at the big league level.

The closest he got was in 2018 when Profar batted .254/.335/.458 with 20 home runs, resulting in a 107 OPS+ and wRC+, but that was definitely helped by a hitter friendly home ballpark with the Rangers (.874 home OPS, .712 away OPS). Last year, Profar hit .218/.301/.410 with 20 home runs across 518 plate appearances. Defensively, he was one of the worst second basemen in the baseball with a -15 DRS and -0.4 dWAR. He posted a bWAR of just 0.8. However, he did hit left handers extremely well, clocking in with a .305/.378/.457 line vs southpaws.

The Friars also signed Brian Dozier right before spring training started. Dozier used to be one of the perennial top sluggers in MLB, blasting 76 home runs between 2016 and 2017. But has recently declined significantly. Last season, Dozier hit .235/.340/.430 with 20 home runs, and a 95 OPS+ and a 99 wRC+. Along with his offense, Dozier is no longer the defensive infielder he once was. At the keystone, he posted a -5 DRS, 1.7 UZR, and 2.1 UZR/150. This is all after a season where he posted a sub-.700 OPS and 0.9 fWAR in 2018. Although there is still a bit of hope for Dozier. Last year during the months of June and July, the right-handed slugger hit .272/.385/.517 with eight home runs across 179 plate appearances. Dozier, like Profar, crushed LHP, hitting .280/.375/.525.

But Dozier and Profar are far from options that you’d like to rely on for an entire season. This was the second straight season Dozier posted a sub-100 wRC+ and OPS+. Profar has a career 88 OPS+ and a 2.8 bWAR and 4.0 fWAR. In an Adam Frazier-centered trade, the Bucs could probably get back one of the team’s young pitchers like Adrian Morejon, Ryan Weathers, or Cal Quantrill.