The Liriano thing, Your Js agreed to take him off Pit's hands as a condition of getting the 2 prospects.

Much like Upton, Your Js, they had no other options then but to take chances on the discards of other teams, knowing they probably would not work out.

The 2017 edition of Your Js, pretty much a copy of last season, except 1 year older.  If things run as they did last year, they are going to be on the plus side of .500, whether they can make it to the playoffs again, a lot of things will hafta go their way.