Originally Posted by
BeanieAntics
To reiterate, 8 million dollars is not that much money for a quality post arbitration bench bat in my eyes. If you want to look at it purely as a value proposition, he'd only have to eclipse 1 WAR per year to be worth it and he has produced 8.7 WAR in his last 5 seasons, albeit that number is a bit inflated by his great 2017 season. I would have definitely preferred Escobar over Gonzalez. I've been advocating Escobar for months now. But now that he is gone Gonzalez is the next guy on my personal list. There are also a few other guys who might be a little cheaper, but are also a little different. If we decided to go the cheaper route, I suppose Descalso would be the guy I would target.
Whoever we decide to roll with, we need bench help badly. If we go into another postseason with 3 roster spots being eaten up by Rene Rivera, Ryan Flaherty, and Lane Adams, then something has gone wrong.