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Atlanta Braves interested in Corey Dickerson

By Fred Owens

The Atlanta Braves are rumored to be interested in acquiring Corey Dickerson -see here homering against Houston last July. While Dickerson is a good fit, rumors of the Braves interest maybe exaggerated. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
The Atlanta Braves are rumored to be interested in acquiring Corey Dickerson -see here homering against Houston last July. While Dickerson is a good fit, rumors of the Braves interest maybe exaggerated. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) /
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The Atlanta Braves are rumored to be interested in acquiring Corey Dickerson. While Dickerson is a good fit, rumors of the Braves interest maybe exaggerated.
The Atlanta Braves are rumored to be interested in acquiring Corey Dickerson. While Dickerson is a good fit, rumors of the Braves interest maybe exaggerated. /

Last night the Rays designated Corey Dickerson for assignment spurring immediate speculation that the Atlanta Braves were interested in adding him.

While not a perfect fit, Corey Dickerson would improve the lineup and the defense. As a result pundits jumped to the quite logical conclusion the Braves were his next home.

Looking more closely at the ripples caused by adding Dickerson, plans shouldn’t be made for his arrival at Champions Field just yet.

The case for Corey

The Rays release of Corey Dickerson seemed, at first glance, a really odd move. He’s never failed to slug over .400 and after becoming a full-time player in 2014, consistently produced over 100 wRC+ and  wOBAs of .319 or more.  In a full season’s play he’ll hit a couple dozen home runs, thirty or so doubles and steal a base or two now and then.

He hits for a higher average with men on base, hits pretty well in high leverage situations and Baseball Prospectus shows a .281 career Tav, about 20 points better than their .260.  He’s been a 2+ fWAR player, close to a 3 bWAR player twice and last season Baseball Prospectus gave him a 3.9 WARP.

Defensively he suffered in Colorado but his UZR and FRAA improved dramatically once he got to Tampa.  Among left fielders with 500 innings last season Dickerson ranked ninth in UZR (2.6), 21st in RZR (.866) and BP’s FRAA of 13.5 made Corey number one among left fielders with 400 PA

With two years of control remaining and a relatively friendly contract of $5.65M, the Rays would probably eat $1M in a trade just to get a player back. All things considered, Dickerson looks like a nice fit in Atlanta.

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