I think they tried to trade him at the winter meetings, but he had a good year and was going to cost about $8 million and they were selling high. Not the easiest guy to trade if you believe he’s going to regress next season (4 WAR last year, more than his 3 previous seasons combined). So salary dump plus they got at least something for him.
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