bdutts
- Houston, Texas
The Q trade was worth it. He's got a sub 4 ERA as a cub. We traded from an area of surplus for an area of need. The fact is, Eloy/Cease would've contributed nil over the past couple seasons, whereas Q has given us a solid 3/4 starter.
Anyone who thinks we gave up too much for that trade obviously doesn't understand how most MLB trades work.
His ERA with the Cubs is 3.99 so yeah, I guess technically, he's under 4.
Look at the pitchers he compares to, courtesy of Baseball Reference:
- Jaime Garcia (965.5)
- Jack Kralick (961.2)
- Jon Niese (961.1)
- Julio Teheran (960.4)
- Mat Latos (958.5)
- Dallas Keuchel (956.9)
- Britt Burns (955.2)
- Pascual Perez (953.8)
- Hiroki Kuroda (948.9)
- Ray Washburn (948.8)
While I agree he's been a "solid 4th starter, "solid" 3/4 starters don't get traded for that package of players.