Thank God the Sox weren't foolish enough to fall for his accidental good year in 2017 and ink him to some
ridiculous 5-6 year extension. Doesn't even look like a good bet to bring him back at $ 7 mil for next year. Clearly Jiminez is ready to take over RF anytime and
Palko could play that spot for the 6 weeks or so the Sox need to keep Jiminez in AAA next year to stall his free agent clock.
Garcia's only plus last year was HR power but that was cancelled out by regressions in BA, plate discipline, defense and health. It's not like it will
only cost the Sox $ 3 mil to give him one more fling like two years ago.
Non-tendering seems to finally make sense now.