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Later this month, Eric Sogard will turn 33. As a middle infielder, reaching that age is a bit like turning 30 in the Logan’s Run universe. Sometimes, second basemen can age gracefully like Robinson Cano or get even better like Jed Lowrie. But Sogard is a career .243/.315/.328 hitter. He had compiled 2.1 fWAR over parts of eight seasons in the majors.
It’ inevitable that at some point, a trapezoidal robot will come to take him away and reincarnate him into another fringey second baseman with high contact.