Quote:What do you think? He was a stop gap "signing" similar to Hood and Watson ,low risk high reward,it just so happened that the reward was extremely high with Marks.

 

We have a different definition of "stop-gap." 

 

Caldwell clearly identified Marks as a player they believed would flourish in a different role.

While they may have rolled the dice on him a bit -- they certainly knew what they were getting in other guys like Sergio Brown. Lower upside but possibly a mild upgrade. Then you have aging guys like Bryant and Clemons who I see as the true stop-gaps. A patch job for a year or two. 

 

I prefer not to lump a guy like Marks in with those guys, but I see why you choose to. 

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