A hitter like Stanton will help the Yanks win some low scoring games, too, you do realize that? He's a 6-8 WAR player if he stays healthy. A 6-8 WAR player does make a pretty big difference in the W-L record.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there are any franchises in baseball that can claim to have had a lot of great all-around catchers. It's a very tough position that wears down the body rapidly.
Kimmi's the closest thing we have to a normal person on this board.
But when you have 12,700+ posts since Jan 2015 on a baseball message board full of nutjobs, I'm afraid that falls a little shy of 100% normal.
Seriously, WTF is the idea of going after a solid poster like Jack Flap who no one has ever had any issues with.
Yeah, anyone who ever posted on another forum is a POS, I guess.
There's been talk about Machado getting a deal in the same range as Bryce Harper. But his OPS+ this year was an unimpressive 107.
Wouldn't be surprising to see him have a big walk year, though.