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Originally Posted by butterfly
He's a 29-year-old DH with two five-win seasons at the plate. That's good, not elite.
Prince Fielder did that.
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I pointed out a similar thing. His war is inflated because of him being good at two positions. He’s not the best hitter or the best pitcher in the league though, but he’s up there. I also I can’t believe I missed it earlier but there are no options in this contract. So it’s a marriage. It’s a unique situation. It’s pure marketing as to why he got this contract. If he didn’t have such a cult following in Japan, he’d never get this. It probably added $20M per season I estimate. I don’t know if that’s widely understood, but we’ll see if other players want mega deals as a result. Now I just hope he’s a dud and the Dodgers get handcuffed to a bad deal. Jays dodged a bullet as there is no way he’s worth that deal in over the long term.