It is unfair to take a contract after it’s been signed and lament the what-ifs that might have occurred under different circumstances. But I have to imagine that when most fanbases – the Arizona Diamondbacks‘ included – saw that Yasmani Grandal signed with the Brewers for one-year, $18.25MM, barely more than the qualifying offer amount, there was some serious headscratching.
It’s the most shocking contract of the offseason by a fair margin. But it’s not entirely his fault. Perhaps he should have accepted the supposed four-year, $60MM that the Mets offered him, but if that’s the only significant offer he received, the market did not play out as expected.