Upton has, in the vernacular, "a huge upside." Which usually means, when you're talking about a 21 or 22 year old MLB'er who already disappoints, that they are a head case and not worth the risky investment.
The problem with the M's investments in FA lately is that they pick guys with almost no chance of being slugging offensive weapons. Figgins, Griffey last year, Branyan last year, Olivo, Jack Wilson, Langerhans, etc.
Cust was an arguable slugger type addition. My argument there was that they had guys in the hopper just as likely to slug this year (or nearly so) as Cust.
Bradley was a different deal altogether.
Smoak was the one very nice offensive addition in two years.
and surprisingly, I don't think I've said "Gee, I think Guti would have caught that ball!" all year.
Z designed this year a small ball team that will take pitches. OK...It was either a bad strategy or bad signings.
You don't have to hit it over the fence to win. But to win a bunch of games you still have to have guys who can rip it/roll it to the fence.
Pineda is truely something to be feared, however!
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