Frayed Knot wrote: * Would Bourn have been even a two-win** addition to last year's team? ... and, if so, would that have been worth the multi-year deal ($48 mil through 2016 plus a vesting option for '17), the loss of the draft pick, and maybe the overlooking (or trading?) of Lagares simply because he was the best guy out there and the call to "do something" from the fans and the press needing scratching, even if it were partly just for pr purposes? ** Not according to BB-Ref, who list Bourn's offensive WAR at less than 2 wins better than Lagares, a gap which is then wiped out and more by Juan's advantage in defensive WAR For what it's worth, that draft pick turned out to be Dominic Smith, who you may never hear from again, but 50 games into his career, is already tagged by Baseball America as the Mets fourth-best prospect and behind only D'Arnaud among non-pitchers.