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[QUOTE="donniesyracuse, post: 4210872, member: 101"]
[URL='https://theathletic.com/3193370/2022/03/17/rosenthal-why-the-yankees-were-willing-to-take-on-all-50-million-owed-to-josh-donaldson/']Rosenthal: Why the Yankees were willing to take on all $50 million owed to Josh Donaldson[/URL]

It's behind the paywall, but here is an excerpt:

[I]While Donaldson certainly is an injury risk, he played in 155 and 135 games, respectively, in baseball’s last two full seasons, 2019 and 2021. And while Urshela, thanks to his good hands and strong arm, often passed the eye test defensively, Donaldson was the better defender at third last season according to two leading metrics, [URL='http://fieldingbible.com/DRSLeaderboard']Defensive Runs Saved[/URL] and [URL='https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/outs_above_average?type=Fielder&startYear=2021&endYear=2021&split=no&team=&range=year&min=q&pos=5&roles=&viz=hide']Outs Above Average[/URL] (Donaldson was around middle of the pack, Urshela was near the bottom).[/I]
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