I thought it was funny when I read this:
Rizzo pointed out that it was "one of the few times the analytical information matched up with scouting eye," so perhaps that helps somewhat, given that 2015 was the season Eaton was dealing with injury and that "he comes from a high WAR as a corner outfielder, so we feel he's going to be a solid performer in center field."
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"Yes, I did think Aldrich was good UNTIL I SAW HIM PLAY. "- thethe
I guess I don't quite understand what the issue with giving a player a fair contract that he's absolutely earned.
If someone could quantify one way it has harmed Atlanta, I would like to hear it. They weren't contending. They didn't have prospects to play there. It's not a lot of money. He'll be 35 at the end not 40.
I'm sure they could shed the salary if it became an issue without too much problem.
I think people give him hell because he was the "marquee free agent signing" and he isn't a marquee player. But they didn't pay him like one. It's just kind of a non-event to me. He's not blocking anybody, signing someone else wouldn't really have fit the timeline particularly well. He's a perfectly respectable place holder who was acquired for his presence and probably also in the idea that he might be something that would fit on a team trying to rebuild and be respectable at the same time. Worked out (being respectable) in first half of 2015. Didn't work at all in 2016.