Given this, what was the point in picking up Smyly in the first place?
How would you answer?
In hindsight, another of the winter decisions. Spent $200 million on four post-surgery arms. The only arm that held up couldn't find the strike zone.
In some markets, if you flush $180M one winter, and flush another $200 two winters later, you'd get in some trouble. Theo is probably fortunate to work for a big-market operation that can absorb some unsuccessful decisions.
I'm not suggesting any were dumb or illogical, they just didn't work. Who knows, maybe this year Smyly, Chatwood, Morrow, and Darvish will all be very effective and healthy too. Maybe Kinzler will be a solid workman, too.