So you take a guy in the 7th, use him as a ST guy mostly for a few years and then flip him for a 6th during his contract year. Not a bad ROI. Beane doesn't have a ton of leverage because everyone knows the line is stacked.
Now that move might be worthy of a Beane in shades meme.
Was reading somewhere that McD values Addison's leadership. Don't see it as plainly as with, say Lorax, but if that's true, we do know McD loves his veteran locker room leaders.
Wonder what the return is. Beane was hyping him up pretty good during the preseason game. Maybe we were fielding calls for all these guys and the best return was Johnson?