With the amount of wasted money in horsefeathers FA (Villar, Mancini etc) Jed has loaded the roster with, I'd rather crunch a little and have a star, than spread jt around to mediocre players at the end of their careers (Simmons, Hosmer, that ****** catcher from Cincinnati I can't remeber)
Yes. Pay the star. You can always salary dump him in a few years, then DFA the PTBNL, or Poteet him, or whatever.