Our DHs were worth -25 runs or so in 2014, managing to bat a collective .190 with a 65 pOPS+ (OPS+ relative to the league average DH). Baaah-RU-tal. Vic Martinez gets you 35-40 runs over that in an average season and 60-70 runs over that in 2014. Just saying.
CF should gain at least 10-15 runs if jackson just hits like he did in 2013.
But those 60-100 runs are what we need IMHo to tread water with last year's team. We need to get 120+ runs to really feel like we have a good shot at the play-offs. Adding Lester just essentially replaces the (admittedly flukish) performance of Chris Young with someone who is maybe 20 runs better in actual results (and miles better in expectation for 2015).
So...we'd be adding 20 runs to 2014 at the cost of 20 million+ per year. No sir, I don't like it.
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