Over the past three years Fowler's batted .256/.350/.380 away from Coors.
Over the past three years Denard Span has batted .245/.298/.341 away from his home parks.
Fowler is two years younger, and comes wiith two more years of team control. He's been worth about 2.5 more wins than Span, offensively, over the previous 3 years. He was available for a prospect, and we could have almost certainly gotten a better prospect back for Span.
Sometimes I think all Nats fans want to do is complain.
"We need to upgrade the offense"
"Wait, that makes the defense WORSE"
"I want to replace Denard Span, but only with Willie Mays"
God.
I don't want to replace Span so I don't know where that's coming from. And putting a crappy centerfielder with limited offensive value isn't a smart move.
