it make no sense to me but they are in an insane position right now. They already have $84M committed to next year and have 11 going to free agency (Bats, EE, Dickey, Storen, Cecil, Chavez, Smoak, Saunders, Thole, Barney and Floyd). Even though the back end of that is inconsequential, I think they are search for bodies/options for next year.