do you give any weight to moving rendon where he's less likely to get hurt and zimmerman to where his arm is less exposed? Extra PAs for both should come out of a move.
I'm hoping that Zimmerman's arm is back to normal. Rendon's injuries never occurred in the field, right? I don't know - if he's going to be injured or healthy, I'm not sure it matters where he is. If he's Mr. Glass, trouble will find him.
As I said, I think there are ways to help the offense that don't involve Robinson Cano. Cano is roughly a 140-145 wRC+ hitter. Adam LaRoche was a 127 hitter in 2012, but a 104 hitter last year.
So instead of paying Cano 8/$200 million, maybe you pay....
Corey Hart 2/$24 million: last three years by wRC+: 124, 137, 130
Mike Napoli 3/$39 million: last three years by wRC+: 129, 115, 179
Shin-Soo Choo (Werth to 1B) 5/$85 million: last three years by wRC+: 151, 131, 106
None of those guys gets you to Cano, but all of them likely reproduce what LaRoche gave this offense in 2012, and I think that's enough.
