The Mets continue to defy the aging curves by signing Adrian Gonzalez. At least someone else is paying his salary:
The Mets and Adrian Gonzalez have agreed to a one-year deal, under which New York will pay just $545,000 of the first baseman’s $22.36 million salary next season, according to multiple reports.
The Dodgers traded Gonzalez to Atlanta last month as part of an effort to get under the luxury-tax threshold. The Braves released Gonzalez a few days later but they are on the hook for most of his salary. Gonzalez is in the final season of a seven-year, $154-million contract.
I would think the best way for the Mets to use Gonzalez is as a pinch hitter/defensive substitute. The Mets, however:
“The Mets are bringing in big-name competition for first baseman Dominic Smith, a former first-round pick who is coming off a disappointing rookie season. If Smith keeps his starting job in 2018, he’ll have to beat out Adrian Gonzalez, a five-time All-Star who figures to be hungry to rebound from an injury-plagued campaign.”
Smith hit well at AAA in 2017, but it was in the western part of the PCL. Still, the Mets might be better off just giving him first base for half a season to see how he does at the major league level.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2Dvmr9K
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