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<blockquote data-quote="bdutts" data-source="post: 1463767" data-attributes="member: 29"><p>His ERA with the Cubs is 3.99 so yeah, I guess technically, he's under 4.</p><p></p><p>Look at the pitchers he compares to, courtesy of Baseball Reference:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garcija02.shtml" target="_blank">Jaime Garcia</a> (965.5)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kralija01.shtml" target="_blank">Jack Kralick</a> (961.2)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/niesejo01.shtml" target="_blank">Jon Niese</a> (961.1)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/teherju01.shtml" target="_blank">Julio Teheran</a> (960.4)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/latosma01.shtml" target="_blank">Mat Latos</a> (958.5)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/keuchda01.shtml" target="_blank">Dallas Keuchel</a> (956.9)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burnsbr01.shtml" target="_blank">Britt Burns</a> (955.2)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perezpa01.shtml" target="_blank">Pascual Perez</a> (953.8)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kurodhi01.shtml" target="_blank">Hiroki Kuroda</a> (948.9)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/washbra01.shtml" target="_blank">Ray Washburn</a> (948.8)</li> </ol><p>How many of these guys are you giving up <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=cease-000dyl" target="_blank">Dylan Cease</a> (minors), <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=flete-000bry" target="_blank">Bryant Flete</a> (minors), <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=rose--003mat" target="_blank">Matt Rose</a> (minors) and <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jimenel02.shtml" target="_blank">Eloy Jimenez</a> to get? I would guess none.</p><p></p><p>While I agree he's been a "solid 4th starter, "solid" 3/4 starters don't get traded for that package of players.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bdutts, post: 1463767, member: 29"] 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: [LIST=1] [*][URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garcija02.shtml']Jaime Garcia[/URL] (965.5) [*][URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kralija01.shtml']Jack Kralick[/URL] (961.2) [*][URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/niesejo01.shtml']Jon Niese[/URL] (961.1) [*][URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/teherju01.shtml']Julio Teheran[/URL] (960.4) [*][URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/latosma01.shtml']Mat Latos[/URL] (958.5) [*][URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/keuchda01.shtml']Dallas Keuchel[/URL] (956.9) [*][URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burnsbr01.shtml']Britt Burns[/URL] (955.2) [*][URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perezpa01.shtml']Pascual Perez[/URL] (953.8) [*][URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kurodhi01.shtml']Hiroki Kuroda[/URL] (948.9) [*][URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/washbra01.shtml']Ray Washburn[/URL] (948.8) [/LIST] How many of these guys are you giving up [URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=cease-000dyl']Dylan Cease[/URL] (minors), [URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=flete-000bry']Bryant Flete[/URL] (minors), [URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=rose--003mat']Matt Rose[/URL] (minors) and [URL='https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jimenel02.shtml']Eloy Jimenez[/URL] to get? I would guess none. While I agree he's been a "solid 4th starter, "solid" 3/4 starters don't get traded for that package of players. [/QUOTE]
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