They signed him because he's an above average centerfielder and George Springer has missed 100+ games the last two seasons with injuries and seems to always be banged up.
KK also put up 1.1 WAR last year in 60~ games, and it's rumored to be a 2 year deal north of $20 million.
I hate to break it to you, but if he's healthy, he is going to be IN the line up a lot more than he won't be, more than likely. Especially if they don't bring in another OFer.
He's more like a Tapia replacement, and he is a pretty big upgrade on Tapia so that's good.
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