I'm glad we gave Papi another chance, after many felt he was done many years back.
The Pablo 3rd chance experiment failed, so I guess that means every similar experiment has to end the same way.
1) HRam is not out of shape.
2) He was playing hurt in 2015 and 2017.
3) He has had much greater seasons than Pablo ever had.
4) HRam has a WAR over 2 in the last 2 years combined.
5) He is not significantly past prime.
6) He has a $22M vesting option we can negate by keeping him.
7) He had the highest HR/PA rate on a team looking to improve on power this winter. Replacing your best power hitter is not sound strategy for improving your power numbers.
8) He is not blocking any top prospect, unless you think Travis is leading us to the promise land.
9) HRam is not Pablo.
10) We don't have to give him a long look next year. We could just limit his PAs and then move on- assuming he sucks as much as you think he does.