In a big move that will nonetheless get almost zero attention among New York sports fans today, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the Mets have signed former Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson to a four-year contract. Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com says it’s worth $60 million.
Granderson missed more than 100 games with injuries this year and hit just .227 with a .723 OPS when healthy enough to be in the lineup for the lowest OPS of his career. However, during his first three seasons with the Yankees he played 452 of a possible 486 games while posting an .843 OPS that ranked 14th among all MLB outfielders.
As a low-batting average, high-strikeout player whose declining defense may soon force him to an outfield corner full time making a commitment to Granderson through age 36 is a big risk, but $60 million is exactly what Fan Graphs pegged his value at during the past four seasons even with all the missed time this year.
