Yes, an overpayment, certainly with the Mets well out of the picture.
But for all the blabbing about spending money these past couple months, Shapiro and Atkins (desperately) had to pull the trigger on a big fish and to their credit, they landed him...and I suspect also aided by the fact that his close buddy Brantley's (overpayment) announcement is not far away from the Jays.
May have to address the log jam in the outfield and Grichuk seem the logical choice, which opens up $ to spend somewhere else.
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