The simplest answer is they preferred Young and whoever else they called up, and Young is now gone. Not sure what other information you think any of us can provide.
It's one of those things you'll never have a satisfactory answer for. They had their reasons, bad or good.
I'm just happy he's going to get a shot in 2018.
Beats me. I read something about them wanting to keep Chris Young around because he was such a great clubhouse presence.
Anyway it'd be pretty cool if Brentz gets a good shot in 2018.
@PeteAbe 27 minutes ago
Dombrowski mentioned Bryce Brentz as a prominent candidate for 4th OF. Castillo's contract (which would trigger a cap hit) appears to exclude him.
FWIW Dombrowski sounds like he's not very interested in trading away players like JBJ, or prospects either...sounds like any major acquisitions will come by way of free agency...FWIW
Except there's a 4.5 year age difference between Pujols at the start of his 10 year deal, and Stanton at the start of 2018.
Pujols turned 32 before he played his first game for the Angels. Now that was ridiculous!
Will there ever be an end to all the vitriolic comments aimed back and forth by new school/old school people? It's crazy. We need to accept and respect that we all have different ways of looking at things. And in the end it doesn't matter...we're all just fans.
If WAR means anything, Stanton instead of JBJ would have meant an additional 4-5 wins in 2017. But that's just one season of course. In 2016 it would have been a much different story.