Every pitcher these days is more of a health risk than just about any position player. How bad is this team is deGrom or Harvey hurts their elbow this year?
With him in the lineup they are a playoff team which is more than you could say for any team they've had since 2008. It doesn't even matter if he only plays 120 game per season. In 91 games last year he put up an allstar level WAR. That's park adjusted and it's a counting stat, so it's not like he was just on pace for an allstar season. His value in 91 games was at the level of an allstar over a full season.
If you get lucky and he stays healthy for a full year you have an MVP candidate and probably make the playoffs. It's a roll of the dice... but aren't you tired of watching them play it safe all the way to 75 wins?
Of course we don't know what would need to be sent to Colorado to get him. My overall point is that if he was a free agent, I would give him the 6/$114 he's owed. Frankly, what they would need to send Colorado's way deals too much in hypothetical for it to be worth it.
These days, a solid player going to cost you 4/$60M, which of course the Wilpons won't pay with the payroll where it is (joke's on us - that's what they gave Granderson who is basically a league average player at best).
I don't give a damn what their payroll is. I do think it's absurd that a team in the largest market has consistently won 75 games and their payroll is at roughly 65% of what it would be with owners that are fit to own a team in NYC.
/rant
p.s. I can and will turn anything about this team into a rant about the Wilpons if I type long enough