Right idea, poor results.
When the Yankees signed veteran slugger Matt Holliday before the 2017 season, the move looked smart. Adding a former MVP candidate with nearly 300 career home runs to a young roster could only help.
Early on, it did. Holliday posted an .895 OPS through April of 2017. He looked rejuvenated, and was a major part of a young Yankees team trying to make a big leap into contention again. The production lasted through mid-June (.914 OPS on June 12) before the wheels came off, partially due to an illness that lingered.