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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Yeah. The budget teams (Ray's, etc) have shown the value you can get on pre-arb/arb1 guys. I really think it makes sense to save the money any time you're getting limited production compared to a replacement pre-arb guy. And the KK/Turner signings are a great example of that. Lots of money, not much incremental value. IKF was OK (and better than expected) but you're right it would have been better to get one big name that can put up numbers vs 3 role-players on FA deals.
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Hernadez put up a 4.3 WAR, IKF 3.6
And Jays got assets for IKF trading him
I .... guess that extra half a win would have really changed the fortune of this team for 18 million extra dollars.