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Originally Posted by JayP
How do you figure that?
Wells' best seasons offensively are very similar to Napoli's best, but Napoli doesn't have a the ridiculous "off-years" Wells has. Add in the fact that it gets the Jays out of the rut they've been in where they can't move Wells out of CF despite the fact that he's been the worst defensive CFer in the league the past couple seasons.
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What?
Napoli's best offensive seasons aren't close to Wells best seasons. Napoli has some power and that is about it. Everything else
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Essentially the Jays should get better offensive production from Napoli, get better defensive production from putting a real player in CF, improve their bench in Rivera, and save themselves about $13 million this season (and more in future seasons if Rivera isn't re-signed).
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Unless Napoli someone takes a huge jump forward in his ability I don't see how they get better offensive production from him, especially since he plays the same position as a bunch of others on the team.
Rivera on the bench is a whole bunch of meh, especially since the Jays aren't competing next year.
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This trade is an absolute game-changer for the organization. With that albatross of a contract the Jays were surely going to have to trade good young players away before their free agency years. Now they have the option of keeping a couple of them around long-term.
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If they are going to be the kind of team that competes with the Red Sox and Yankees like people keep saying then the Wells contract shouldn't have mattered to re-signing guys.
Good to get rid of the contract since the Jays weren't going to be competitive at any time that Wells would have helped and dumping the deal does help the team I agree with that.