Last week the Miami Marlins signed former Silver Slugging second baseman Neil Walker to a one-year, $2 million deal. Earlier today, they inked three-time all-star outfielder Curtis Granderson, also a former Silver Slugger at outfielder, to a minor league deal.
Walker is 33-years-old, and Granderson will be 38 before the start of the season. Miami’s so-called youth movement is starting to look a little like a retirement community. If they’re building on the future, they’re looking in the wrong direction.
On the bright side, Granderson has hit 332 home runs through his 15-season major league career, between the Detroit Tigers, the New York Yankees, the New York Mets, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Milwaukee Brewers.