You're seeing the effect of the Vernon Wells contract:
Wells: .285/.333/.485
Byrnes: .268/.329/.457
Those are the career numbers of the 2 players in question, both CFs (Chris Young is better, but you're paying him as a CF, which is why these contracts are comparable), and Byrnes can also swipe bags. He has 28 SBs this year so far, and had 25 last season.
Dunno, 10 mill vs. 17? I'm sure Dback fans were going "wtf" when we signed Vernon too.
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