Gohara and Yarborough (who was dang good at Jackson last year) is pretty steep for two years of Smyly.
With some FA arms still available...we overpaid. Maybe we had to.
I am now not very excited. Well, he wasn't very good in the 1st half of last season and that whacked his numbers some. 429 batters faced and 20 HR's allowed will do that to you. Maybe he's a 110 OPS+ guy after all.
I'm still not very excited.
What a weird day.
Thinking about it, of our 6 best young arms in the fold as the season ended (arguable: Walker, Diaz, Gohara, Moore, Yarborough. Altavilla), DiPoto has traded away three of them this off-season. And Karns, too.
Sigh. Visions of JD Martinez or Orodizzi danced in my head for a couple of hours. It was fun. Back down to earth.