Flores's final game before hitting the IL was on July 23rd. Ray would make his season debut post-Tommy John surgery the very next day.
When healthy, both can be penciled in to provide solidly average or better production for their respective positions: Flores as a super utility/pinch hitter/platoon DH/first baseman and Ray as a solid #2 starter or a great #3 rotation guy with the occasional flash of Cy Young-level talent.
Now it's a matter of determining if Wilmer Flores adds to that value proposition or not. Last year, we saw maybe the peak of his skills when he was the absolute best hitter on the team and carried the offense for the final few months.
Given the financial state of the sport right now - the cratering of the regional sports networks has at least a third of the teams scrambling to restructure their revenue and spending models.
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