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an average/solid DH/1B contributor.  There's upside there, obviously, but he's not the kind of guy we can build the club around.

As to the weight issue, I don't think that matters for a player's first go-round the league (before he hits FA).  An overweight athlete is adding an extra source of physiological stress to the puzzle, which is part of why most supreme athletes stay in trimmer shape: they're just trying to knock as many variables off the board so they can maintain their bodies as best they're able.  I don't think it has to do with looks or anything like that as much as trying to add 2-5 years onto the end of the career they've dedicated themselves to pursuing.

So it doesn't worry me if a player is overweight so long as we're not looking to buy that player in FA or acquire him via trade once he's already in his late 20s.  Once he's 28 with a decade of competitive athletics under his size 42 belt, things have a greater potential to start falling apart than they do with a guy who's wearing a size 34.

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