Six Years Ago Today: The Blue Jays signed Kendrys Morales to a 3-year, $33 million contract. I remember, at the time, it surprised me. I didn’t think we’ll be signing a DH-only guy, or at least not...
to a 3-year, $33 million contract. I remember, at the time, it surprised me. I didn’t think we’ll be signing a DH-only guy, or at least not until afterIt seemed, at the time, that the Jays had decided they wouldn’t be able to sign Edwin and wanted to move fast. Unfortunately, moving fast turned out to be a bit of a mistake. The slugger market turned out to be much softer than we figured it would be. Had they waited a bit, they likely would have been able to sign Kendrys to a shorter contract.
Kendrys played two seasons as a Jay, hitting .249/.318/.442 with 49 home runs and a 0.9 bWAR, before we dumped him on the, where he played another 14 games before being released. There was a lot made of how good he was with our younger players, becoming a mentor to some. But I don’t think that made him a good signing.
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