You said it better than me. If Haniger hits .280 with 25 HRs, then we have a much more traditional St. Louis-type OF; Haniger becoming our Hendrick. BTW, Hendrick always had a .300 hitter in LF or CF.
Colby Rasmus signed for $5M. He's a + defender, goodbaserunner (doesn't steal bases), and hits 22 HR's a year while he OPS+'s .775 vRHP. We could have just bought him AND kept 4 years of Karns.
More and more I suspect that DiPoto had decided that Whalen, Heston and Moore had better upside than Karns. In a year when the cost of controled pitchers has sky-rocketed, you could easily argue that we gave ours away for a 4th OF.
If we trade Martin for JD Martinez (for example) then DiPoto has been an off-season genius.
I am looking at the bright side of the best defensive OF in the bigs and Dyson as a great clubhouse presence, so I do get it. But it seems like Cano/Cruz/Seager/Felix had our clubhouse pretty spic and span , anyway. And as good as he is with the glove, Dyson's upgrade isn't over Seth Smith but over Gamel/Hereida...and both of those guys are pretty solid defenders. If Dyson is a .250-.325-.353 guys (career averages) then those two may be offensive upgrades, too. Perhaps Tank O'Neill does get the June 1 cab ride to Safeco, where he goes Charboneau.
Ah well....he can pick it and steal a base. Doc's Gary Pettis comp is a fine call.