12-02-2021, 03:33 PM
(12-02-2021, 12:32 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Think they're saying that Moose just wasn't that great and wasn't worth it, but they signed him to be seen signing a guy.
He was heading into his age 31 season, was a career .252/.310/.441 hitter (101 OPS+), and had only played 150+ games in a season once. He had only 1 season of 2.0+ WAR in the 5 years prior to his signing. He doesn't get on base, doesn't hit for average, and isn't a good defender.
Signing never made sense from the get-go to give him 4yr/$64m.
The same offseason, the Nationals gave Starlin Castro a 2yr/$12m deal. Castro was heading into his age 30 season and was a career .280/.319/.414 hitter that had played 150+ games in 7 of his 10 seasons. Josh Harrison was a career .273/.313/.401 hitter who was signed for a minor league deal and ended up making $1.1m over the 20-21 seasons.
Bingo, signing a player just to say you did something. Granted, it is 100000% on the players to produce, and he hasnt done anything but take up space.
