Rockies middle fielder Brenton Doyle is garnering “widespread commerce curiosity,” in accordance with Ari Alexander of 7News Boston. The Padres, Phillies, Yankees, and Mets are simply among the “many” groups who’ve checked in with the Rox concerning the two-time Gold Glover.
Doyle gained the NL middle area Gold Glove in each the 2023 and 2024 seasons, and he gained a Fielding Bible Award as nicely in 2024. Nonetheless, his stellar protection took a step backwards in 2025, as per such public defensive metrics like Defensive Runs Saved and Outs Above Common. After recording 14 OAA every in each 2023 and 2024, Doyle had “solely” six OAA in 2025, although naturally that is nonetheless very robust. The DRS dropoff was extra extreme, as Doyle went from +29 DRS over the 2023-24 seasons to an excellent 0 whole final yr.
The concentrate on Doyle’s protection is critical since he has but to indicate that he contribute as an enormous league hitter. He had solely a 44 wRC+ over 431 in his 2023 rookie season, however boosted that wRC+ as much as 97 in 2024 by hitting .260/.317/.446 with 23 house runs and 30 stolen bases over 603 plate appearances. This improved offense and Doyle’s very good protection mixed for a 3.6 fWAR season, making him an immensely priceless participant if he might generate something near league-average manufacturing on the plate.
Sadly, Doyle badly regressed to a 65 wRC+ in 2025, hitting solely .233/.274/.376 over 538 PA. Between this lack of offense and his diminished protection, Doyle barely topped replacement-level manufacturing in posting 0.4 fWAR. It is extremely doable and comprehensible that Doyle’s thoughts was on issues much more vital than baseball final yr, because the outfielder and spouse misplaced their unborn little one in April, 12 weeks into the being pregnant.
Doyle’s 2025 numbers apparently haven’t had a lot affect on his commerce worth, which isn’t that stunning for a couple of causes. The 27-year-old is a Tremendous Two participant who’s managed by means of the 2029 season, and Doyle is projected for a $3.2MM wage in his first journey by means of the arbitration course of this winter. At worst, Doyle continues to be a wonderful defender and a robust baserunner, with 70 steals in 82 makes an attempt throughout his massive league profession. Although Doyle strikes out lots and doesn’t stroll a lot, he makes a whole lot of stable contact and has some pop in his bat, and will escape in a extra normalized offensive surroundings than Coors Subject.
This potential for offensive enchancment might attraction to the Mets, who have already got a glove-first participant in Tyrone Taylor as their prime choice in middle area. The Phillies plan to provide prime prospect Justin Crawford a glance of their massive league outfield this yr, although because it isn’t recognized if Crawford shall be a middle fielder over the long run, putting in Doyle would permit Crawford to tackle a much less pressurized function within the nook outfield.
The Yankees and Padres have extra crowded outfield footage. With Trent Grisham accepting the qualifying provide, New York’s beginning outfield is ostensibly set between Grisham, Aaron Decide, and Jasson Dominguez, plus the membership continues to be serious about re-signing Cody Bellinger. Doyle is perhaps considered as a fallback plan if Bellinger indicators elsewhere, and Doyle’s would each present some guard if Dominguez nonetheless isn’t absolutely prepared for the Present, or if Grisham’s sharp defensive decline from 2025 carries over into subsequent yr. Doyle is a right-handed hitter, so he might cut up time with the lefty-swinging Grisham in middle area.
San Diego has Jackson Merrill in middle area, flanked within the corners by Fernando Tatis Jr. and (after his membership choice was exercised) Ramon Laureano. Merrill is coming off an injury-marred 2025 season however he was nonetheless productive on the plate, and although defensive metrics are cut up on his work in middle area, he has accomplished an general stable job contemplating that he discovered middle area on the fly prior to creating his MLB debut in 2024. Tatis and Merrill are locked up over the long run, so Doyle could possibly be a fourth outfielder in 2026, and the Padres might re-evaluate the state of affairs as soon as Laureano’s contract is up subsequent winter. The truth that the Padres and Rockies are division rivals would possibly complicate any commerce, nonetheless.
Regarding the Rox, it stays to be seen if the workforce will even commerce Doyle in any respect, since they’d be promoting low on a participant who would possibly nicely be in line for a rebound yr. Commerce curiosity in Doyle has stretched again to a minimum of final summer season’s commerce deadline, and there’s a sense that Colorado would possibly transfer an outfielder for the reason that outfield is among the few relative positions of depth on the roster. New president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta is open to mainly something as he tries to show round a 119-loss workforce, so if one other workforce makes a sufficiently big provide for Doyle, DePodesta might very nicely take into account swinging a commerce now so as convey some much-needed younger expertise into the group.
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