unless Simmons had some kind of injury his 2021 numbers look pretty depressing. It wasn't bad luck for Simmons - GB rate was up, barrels and hard hit balls were down, Z contact was down, K's were up.
If Robbie Ray 2022 looks like Robbie Ray 2021, he and a terrible hitting but good gloved SS might still make for an interesting alternative to Correa plus Peralta or equiv getting 25 starts. They can keep looking for a SS in trade or a deadline pick-up if we were actually threatening to make the playoffs. The downside is that we have been sold a bill of goods about the defensive prowess of our minor league talent too many times in the past to have all that much confidence that Kriedler, or any one else in the system, really has an MLB SS glove.