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Man...he's pretty good.
He's never hit below .284, never OPS'ed below 106, last year was really his worst year at the plate and he still OPS'ed 109 AND won a GG (OK...probably not deserved).
Since his rookie year he's hit 69, 69,65,60 and 47 x-base hits.
How is a guy who hits .295, walks a decent amount AND gets 60+ x-base hits a disappointment?  He's done it year after year....If Smoak, or Ackley, does that next year, are they disappointing?
He's about to be overpaid....but he's never demonstrated anything but this consistent level of (productive) play.  Put him in leftfield and imagine he bounces back from last year and he's a 4+ WAR guy.
Ichiro, Markakis, Ackley, Montero, Carp, Smoak, Wells, Liddi/Seager, Kawasaki/Ryan would play just fine, thank you.
He wouldn't be the first guy I would get....but he's player....and if we could get him for Guti, that would be fine...especially if he's just a three year guy.  No way I seat Wells for him.  Just play Wells, and expect the free (or nearly so) near-Markakis level of performance.