I think if you sign him for eight you are assuming he's going to miss a substantial amount of time with some issue or another.
How many guys go from age 30-37 and don't have some sort of serious injury?
Are they joking?
You still got folks butthurt over the whole thing.
Cheating has been part of the game since day one.
Just the classic case of MLB getting all upset and making an example out of group to try and pretend they fixed everything.
If FIP didn't tell you anything more than K/BB it wouldn't exist.
For instance, FIP looks at home runs, since the vast majority of home runs are not subject to fielding.