For the second consecutive year, Yasmany Tomas will be the most expensive position player on the Diamondbacks roster. Last year, overall, he didn’t perform like it, being below replacement level both by bWAR (-0.4) and fWAR (-0.1). He was paid $7.5 million last year; that goes up to $9.5 million this season, and even further thereafter. He’ll be paid $17 million in 2020, unless he exercises the opt-out clause in his contract - and right now, that doesn’t seem like a very likely possibility. So, getting Tomas back on track and delivering like a team’s top-paid position player should, would definitely be a big help in 2017.
Arizona Diamondbacks Hopes for 2017: #3, Lift the Cuban blockade
