Dave Dombrowski's worst Phillies signing is $72 million 'inexcusably average' bust
This contract turned out horribly for the Phillies.
Dave Dombrowski's worst Phillies signing is $72 million 'inexcusably average' bust originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Philadelphia Phillies have been playing noticeably better since Don Mattingly was named interim manager.
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President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski has had to answer a lot of uncomfortable questions over the past month. FanSided's Tim Boyle wrote Monday that one of Dombrowski's worst decisions since joining the Phillies was signing Taijuan Walker to a regrettable $72 million contract. "There might not be a worse Phillies free agent signing under Dombrowski than Taijuan Walker.
Coming off a good year with the New York Mets , the Phillies gave him $18 million a year for four seasons," wrote Boyle. "Was it better or worse than going three years at a higher rate? That’s an argument no one will win because Walker was inexcusably average even at his best.