You don't need a University of Chicago economics degree to understand that when a 41-year-old outfielder logs this line in a lost season's first half:
.267/.314/.578 , 24 HR (43% above average)
...you trade him away for young talent so fast tornadoes form.
Instead, the Seattle Mariners held on to Raul Ibanez through their Quixotic quest for that magic 75-win season and he has rewarded their fifth-place selves with this since:
.205/.299/.286, 1 HR (33% below average)
At which point his value is applesauce. This is what GM Jack Zduriencik calls "rebuilding."
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