Your recollections match mine.
These moves probably didn't seem quite as outlandish at the time. With the benefit of hindsight though....

Your recollections match mine.
For one, you said the last couple of seasons. 2012 would not encompass that time frame.
Secondly, talk about an outlier. EYJ hasn't come close to repeating 2012 and never will. At least Maybin's 2011 isn't that far off from his career numbers. An outlier perhaps. In fact it likely is. But it wouldn't be bizarre if he repeated that or something closer to that. EYJ also played well over half his games as a corner OF at Coors.
Again I don't expect much from Maybin. But he is indeed a much better defender, and offensively he should be better. May be not significantly better, but better nonetheless.