At the time, it was pretty adequate. And Suppan has performed according to expectations. But the thing is, most GMs are moving away from average pitchers - and are instead looking for more upside. No "average" pitchers got huge deals this off-season. For example, no one wanted Vargas for free. The truth is, a lot of average type pitchers can be replaced much cheaper with an AAA arm making the league minimum. Point being, no one was interested in Lieber this year. Two years ago he would have gotten 4 years and $30 million. Suppan is fine. So I can't say it was a "bad" signing. But has he really helped us win a lot? I mean, using Weaver instead of Suppan would cost us 2 or 3 games a year. In the meantime, we could invest Suppan's $8 million in another spot. (Such as extending Cordero, which would be worth more than 2 or 3 games) But then, that is all picking at nits.