This Monday, the O’s signed veteran corner infielder Chris Johnson to little fanfare. It didn’t merit an article here (or almost anywhere else), and on the surface it looks like a typical bottom-of-the-barrel signing that Dan Duquette tends to make this time of year.
So, why am I taking the time to write about him? In retrospect this might turn out to be a mistake. The Orioles career of Chris Johnson could easily go the way of Hideki Okajima, Wandy Rodriguez and Mike Carp in 2016, or Matt Tuiasosopo and J.