When the Royals signed Hunter Dozier a 4-year, $25 million extension back at the beginning of 2021, I was not as angry as most. For the same reason that I wasn’t angry when they signed Michael A. Taylor.
Because not all unsexy contracts are bad. The Royals are paying Taylor $4.5 million. He’s been worth 1.1 fWAR. In 2022, the cost of one WAR was around $8.5 million per WAR for players projected to be 2+ fWAR players. Now, this logic is a bit flawed because some of those guys include Corey Seager or Kris Bryant who got huge money.