Selling Out

It looks like there's more than one sellout now, as Drew opted out of the last three years of his contract.  I would assume that this is purely about money, considering Drew's history.  It looks like Drew (or Boras) thinks that can Drew will command more than 11 million a year in such a weak OF market.  Given his injury history, and his lackluster homerun total (even though Drew was solid this whole season), I have my doubts whether he'll be able to command that much money, although I think the big issue is his injury history.  I was always under the impression that Drew got so much money to begin with because DePodesta really wanted Drew.

Personally, I can't help but feel a little relieved by this.  It's going to be hard to replace Drew with a player in this market, but I was consistently worried about Drew's health.  I really just do not feel comfortable giving such a big deal to such an injury-prone player, Dreifort being the most notable example.  My first solution would be to install Matt Kemp in right field.  It's been said he'll have to switch to the corners, and he might be ready by now.  I may have an overinfatuation with rookies, but the whole point of this crop of youngsters was to actually use them in the majors.  It'd be nice if 2/3 of our OF cost about 800 grand.  I'd like to see us make a move for Crawford and install him in CF.  I think he might be able to play the position well enough.  I only bring up his name because I keep on reading that Tampa Bay is willing to trade him.

Regardless of what we do, whether we re-sign Drew, trade for somebody, etc., I think this offseason will now show everybody how good (or bad) of a GM Ned Colletti is.  I think Ned Colletti's worst ability is trading.  He sells low and buys high.  However, I also have the impression that one of his better abilities is learning from his mistakes.  It'll be interesting to see what happens.

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