Let’s check in on some former Giants. If you didn’t hear, Andrew McCutchen signed a three-year, $50 million deal (with a fourth year option) with the Phillies yesterday, which really shook up the industry. The former GMs who have media jobs lambasted the deal as an overpay, given that he’s in his age 32-35 seasons Over the course of it, and eight the client candidate if ever there was one.
Still, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that at least for the first two years of the deal, McCutchen will be in above replacement level player, and it won’t take much more than that to make the deal worth it, either by being equal to his performance or with a little surplus value in there.