But we need someone to play LF, that's the whole point of getting Melky. If he can't play LF then he's sort of useless to us as an everyday player.
Also, you can't say "you know what you get with Melky" and then use a 1 year sample size. He was pretty bad in 2013, probably mostly due to injury, but who's to say he's not injured again? Melky isn't a guy I'd be comfortable at more than 3 years, $13M AAV, and that's pretty much about the high end of where I think he helps the team more than hurting them by taking payroll away that could be used on better pieces.