Five potential landing spots for Yasiel Puig

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The Los Angeles Dodgers are reportedly shopping Yasiel Puig, as they appear interested in bringing in Jay Bruce to play right field. That makes some sense, as the Dodgers could use some left-handed power in the middle of the lineup — considering that Adrian Gonzalez’s power stroke hasn’t turned up all season, and the majority of the starting pitchers on the National League playoff contenders are right-handed.

Puig continues to frustrate as he regresses at the plate with an OPS that has dropped for a third straight season, even though offense across the league has increased.

It’s difficult to know exactly what has happened with Puig. Some point to his inability to make adjustments, but that’s a vague term that doesn’t weed out specific issues. He was actually most aggressive at the plate during his first season, which was his best. His patience improved in 2014. But it has gone backward the past two seasons. A big problem in 2016 is that he’s not driving fastballs at all — with an isolated power of .088 — though he’s actually striking out less often against fastballs than in his first three seasons. So that suggests weak contact, which could be related to injuries, bat …

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