Betts missed 40 games last year with an assortment of injuries. He still had 23 HR's and 29 doubles and an .854 OPS.
He looks right back on form this year.
In reality, not one team in baseball goes as "all in to win" as they possibly could. Not even the Dodgers. They let Seager and Jansen go. Wouldn't they be an even better team with those two? Of course they would.
All well and good, but you don't need metrics to see that Betts takes a lot more walks than Renfroe and has vastly more speed and baserunning skills, or that he is a vastly superior fielder.
And reality check says if both happen, we'll be paying 3 infielders a total of $75 mill a year, with one of them out of position. Does that make sense?
I shudder at Correa's deal too, simply because of the opt-outs. The Twins are only guaranteed one year of his services. But Correa is guaranteed $105 mill if he sticks around.
Perez is one of those guys you could almost say has had a strange career. He pitches beautifully for stretches and then is horrible for stretches.
May is his best month. June and July are his worst. We'll see if that holds true in 2022.