There's really no straw man. It's not a hypothetical position, or even an overstatement of anyone's position. It's a sentiment expressed with a surprising regularity in the last day or two.
This thread notwithstanding, if you haven't heard people criticizing the Rockies for this contract, you might want to head over to the Denver Post, Purple Row or any number of other sites, BRJ.
Most of the criticism centers on his home/road splits and the fact that the contract is the largest ever for a player with less than two years service time. Today I had someone tell me that it's a bad contract because it ties up money that could otherwise be used to retain Holliday at a time when Tulo would be obligated to play for the minimum anyway.
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