What I mean is that the information is worthless. It doesn't matter where Reyes sits among X shortstops with Y PA over the last Z years, because we know where his production sits in relation to market value.
The list is meaningless though. We have a good idea what you can expect to pay per win on the market, and it's more than $5.5M (between 6 and 9 depending on who you ask).
Yes. 10-win seasons are pretty valuable.
You're right to be unhappy about the Reyes acquisition. He's almost certainly not going to provide value over the life of the contract. Things are going to go bad. It just hasn't happened yet. He's been worth the money so far.
From time to time. It doesn't matter though. The numbers are a lot more informative then what you perceive watching the games. No matter how much you want to pretend that he's not an above-average player, you're wrong. Objectively wrong.
Not sure what's funny. His contract is bad, but the overall package is an above-average player. He's a very good offensive shortstop, and very good baserunner.
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=ss&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2014&month=0&season1=2014&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=17,d
Shortstop wRC+ leaderboard, because some people need to be reminded.