When healthy, it was a good season for the third baseman, slashing .234/.336/.448 with 12 home runs in 289 plate appearances, with an 11.1 BB% and 26 K%. It's not hard to see a team sign Moncada based on the upside he once had. The Cuban was a top prospect at one point and had a strong season in 2019, batting .315/.367/.548 with 25 home runs in 559 plate appearances for a 139 wRC+.
I felt like [Fried's] command was not as good those final few, Boone said. He's just making so many big pitches, and his stuff was good. He gave us what we needed and felt really good about the outing he put forth, but I felt pretty convicted. Especially we got the double play, it's like, Let's go get one more hitter and be good.