I'm a little surpised that he extended without testing the free agent market. If the market is like last year where J.D Drew and Boras pretty much ripped Theo a new one, he could have gotten a 5 year deal in the area of 45 mill. The D-backs have an outfield surfplus with Quentin, Uptong, Young, Gonzalez for next year.
Byrnes has had a few .800 OPS seasons and is one of the few guys who can steal at a good rate. |