bleedblue1223
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I'm not saying it wasn't reasonable, it was. I think you should always expect someone who just finished 8th for the MVP to be a big contributor for you the following season. What I'm arguing is that it would be unreasonable to expect that production next season. I think we need to acquire some sort of consistent bat that we can rely on, not even an elite guy like Turner or someone on a 200M+ deal, but just someone that has a track record and isn't too old. You then hope that the younger guys take that next step or O'Neill bounces back to be the extra bonus.He wasn't consistently healthy until last year either, which is I'm sure part of the reason he was expected to be a contributor this year. The problem is that he was again injured and never really got into a groove. But to expect him to be a 25 HR guy wasn't all that unreasonable. And even looking pretty pedestrian this year and being injured for a lot of it, he's a 15-15 guy with 60 RBI.