That's almost all probably true. The Brewers do still however have Burnes, Woodruff, Peralta and Hader locked in for 2022. If we have Yelich, and we suppose he's going to bounce back somewhat to form (not PlayStation Yelich, but Marlins Yelich), the best chance to compete for a division title and further *this year* probably isn't the likely 75 games of Luke Voit and Hicks, but Yelich. Even if in your scenario, that I admit I agree with, in the waning years of his contract Yelich is a decent OBP, low power 750's OPS guy who plays 100 - 120 games a year, I feel like there's still value in that if the manager we have doesn't insist on slotting him into the 3 spot. If we can ditch him for NOTHING (which won't happen), that's a better deal than getting back two guys who are both average and injury prone. If we don't take any salary back, that money can be used to replace the production. Getting back Voit and Hicks doesn't let the Brewers do that, and it's the main reason I don't like the move specifically for 2022, when the Brewers have the pitching poised to have a repeat of 2021. Are you factoring in the money that would be saved? Voit and Hicks aren't great by any means but Hicks will be making $11.5 million in 2022 and Voit isn't going to get much, if any raise on the $4.7 million he made in 2021 and we could easily cut bait if he doesn't work out compared to Yelich's $26 million. That's at minimum another $10 million to work with next year and significantly more than that in future years. I see you saying if we had to take no money back but that's never happening with the season Yelich just had and it's possible, not likely mind you but possible that those two could combine to give us something like 4 WAR combined.