Kyle Farmer, INF
Last winter as the Twins slashed payroll, Kyle Farmer was quietly given the biggest contract the team handed out. It came in the form of an arbitration settlement, but everything that's happened since has made it one of the biggest overpays of the year.
After getting $6 million to return, Farmer proceeded to have the single worst season of his career. He's hitting .196 and has been pushed out of the lineup and down defensive platoons when everyone is healthy. His value late in the season has been that he's able to fill in for injured players as Rocco Baldelli desperately shuffles the lineup, which is not what you want the greatest value of the most expensive signing of the offseason to be.
Farmer has brought veteran leadership and by all accounts he's one of the most respected players in the clubhouse, but that might not be enough to keep him around. The way he's fallen off an offensive cliff will probably mean the end of his time in Minnesota, although it's yet to be seen how much his leadership is worth as far as potentially bringing him back.
He has a mutual option for another $6 million next year, though, one that a team trying to cut costs likely won't be picking up.