Hindsight is always 20/20.
Based on the years they were both coming off when the signed the deals both would have been a steal of they continued to produce at the same levels for the length of the contracts.
You could argue, and I'd agree with you that Hicks already had a history of injury problems. So the contract was risky to begin with.
But in Sevy's case he had been healthy up until then. And if you look at what even mediocre starters get once they hit the open market, just look at this year's FA's, Sevy's contract was not our of line.
I was a BIG supporter of both players and deals. We got 2 good years from Severino prior to the deal at a discount. It all evens out in the end with him. I like him and as a fan hope he will be ok.
The Hicks deal is what it is, I supported him up until last years injury. What was not too like, switch hitter with power, speed, and great defense.
Like you said, if they had produced like the back of their baseball cards both deals would have been very team friendly.
If Severino goes down, at least Garcia, Schmidt, and Gil have looked sharp in the spring so far.