Signing Michael Conforto is a low-risk move for a reason. After an absolutely dreadful campaign with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Chicago Cubs can't have high expectations for the 33-year-old. So while Dodgers fans might laugh at the Cubs for bringing in their big free-agent bust, paying the former Mets star $17 million to play every day is a very different animal than throwing him a minor league deal to see if he can hang around on the bench.
For most of his career, the lefty-swinging Conforto has mashed right-handed pitching. That's what the Dodgers brought him in to do, and what he failed miserably at a year ago.