What do the Mets see in this guy? He has a career OPS of about 700 in both MLB and minors. He is 26 already and still has 1 pre-arb year left. Why buy out that year and 3 arb years for $23M?

Oh and since he is from DR you need to take age with a grain of salt. Could be older.

Looks like Lagares is a defensive signing. Don't know much about the guy but I have no problem giving players that are great at defense some money when there are so many guys who can hit but not field that get paid. And with Conforto and Nimmo coming, the Mets outfield won't be hurting for offensive production. Well, not sure about Nimmo but Conforto is gonna rake