{"id":27228,"date":"2019-12-28T15:34:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T20:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=27228"},"modified":"2019-12-28T15:34:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T20:34:10","slug":"miami-marlins-sign-corey-dickerson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/12\/28\/miami-marlins-sign-corey-dickerson\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Marlins Sign Corey Dickerson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corey Dickerson, formerly of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/philadelphia-phillies\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia Phillies<\/a>, has agreed to terms on a two-year deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/miami-marlins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miami Marlins<\/a>. It has<\/span> not yet been disclosed how much money Dickerson will make in Miami.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Marlins are finalizing deal with Corey Dickerson. 2 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/1211015601558302720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dickerson is a 30-year-old left fielder who bats left-handed. He should slot in to an everyday role with the Marlins.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019 Season<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dickerson is a guy that doesn\u2019t get the attention he deserves with his offensive capabilities. His slash line of .304\/.341\/.565 in 2019 was excellent and marked a career season for the outfielder. Unfortunately, injuries limited to Dickerson to only 78 games last season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On April 4th, Dickerson, then still with the Pirates, injured his shoulder and landed on the injured list. He returned in June to hit .317 in 44 games before being traded to the Phillies for international slot bonus money and a player to be named later. He didn\u2019t skip a beat in Philadelphia, as he hit .293 with eight home runs and 34 RBI. Unfortunately, Dickerson fouled a ball off his foot on September 4th, fracturing it. He actually played through the injury for a few games until being placed on the 60-day injured list, ending his 2019 campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the short season, Dickerson still showed his abilities with the bat. Although he was awarded a gold glove in 2018 (thanks to seven outfield assists), the left fielder is generally considered average at best in the outfield. He was worth -.9 dWAR in 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Career<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dickerson has enjoyed a very nice seven-year career. He came up with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/colorado-rockies\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado Rockies<\/a> in 2013 and had a breakout season in 2014 when he hit .312 with 24 home runs. In 2016, he was traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/tampa-bay-rays\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>, where he struggled for a year before returning to form. In 2018 he was traded again, this time to the Pirates where he hit .300 and stole eight bases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his career, Dickerson is a .286 hitter and has been durable, despite his injuries last season. There has always been some stigma that he should be platooned to avoid left-handed pitchers, but for his career, Dickerson is hitting .272 against them. His power, however, does decline significantly against southpaws.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outlook<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dickerson is a solid hitter, who is an average fielder. He doesn\u2019t walk as much as he should and doesn\u2019t have exceptional power. The Mississippi native is consistent, however, and easy to project. As a sixth or seventh place hitter, Dickerson should keep the lineup moving and be an asset to the club. His experience as a lead-off hitter is also a useful trait that many teams could use. All in all, Dickerson is not a superstar, but he should be above average and live up to his contract.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"0LiUgz7oTL5tVQ9BtGVc7g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1172534476\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'0LiUgz7oTL5tVQ9BtGVc7g',sig:'12FDeZCQjKiZWRR-wi2pbWLiCLpmKq8lRE9um_r7LVo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1172534476',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corey Dickerson, formerly of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies, has agreed to terms on a two-year deal with the Miami Marlins. It has not yet been disclosed how much money Dickerson will make in Miami. Marlins are finalizing deal with Corey Dickerson. 2 years. \u2014 Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 28, 2019 Dickerson is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3303,"featured_media":27681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1071,2,20,35],"tags":[1719,71,268,231],"class_list":["post-27228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-featured","category-marlins","category-news","tag-corey-dickerson","tag-miami-marlins","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-pittsburgh-pirates"],"modified_by":"Aaron Cornett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}