Dumb to do. Dumb to support it. Just justifying them being cheap.
Fielder was on the market. Again they chose to be cheap.
Right now we have Fuji playing DL carousel, Camp over the hill, Marmol a turd and a miracle closing right now vs a sure thing. See above, retain Maholm Wood not needed. Retain Cashner the potential loss of Garza is lessened. No need to overspend on Jackson. Feldman has been ok as a #5. Villenueva is fine as a 6th man.
Think about it:
If they did what I wanted them to do:
Retain A-Ram, Sign Fielder and went after Cespedes vs Soler.
Rotation last year would have been:
Dempster, Garza, Shark, Maholm, Zambrano, Cashner (injured) (didn't get into the trade for Z for a loser)
This year:
Shark, Garza, Cashner, Maholm, Feldman Saved 13 mil on not signing Jax and could have used it towards retaining Garza or put into Fielder's salary.
Team:
LF: Sori, CF Dejesus, RF Cespedes, 3B A-Ram, SS Castro, 2B DJ (Barney sux), 1B Fielder, C Castillo
That team could fight for a play off spot for years.
VS this joke going on.
Bottom like was they didn't want to get into a mega deal. So they went cheap and are tossing seasons away to get better picks and more allotment towards drafting and failing on to overseas market. Fuji is not young at all and has been injured.