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Originally Posted by jd1020
So making a comment on the year he had and his career is suggesting he's some elite future TOR pitcher? All I see are facts.
Hamas is a guy who think Hendricks ran some miracle BABIP to a near Cy Young season when his current shit year has a BABIP average just .009 points higher.
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When he calls Hendricks a '#3 starter with average stuff' and you start to cite a good career ERA/WHIP and the fact that he outpitched Kershaw in the post-season, I find it difficult to now listen to you try to argue that he was just some crap starter.
If he says he's a #3 starter and you argue with him, are you NOT calling Hendricks a top of the rotation starter? Because 1/2 are the top of the rotation, near as I can tell.
And I ask again - what's the difference between Quintana and Lester? if anything, THAT would be what frustrates me - Quintana's stuff isn't complementary to what you have. He's a very similar pitcher to the guy you'll have at the top anyway. And if you lose Arrieta next year, your 1 and 2 starters are going to be very similar pitching off each other. That's not generally a great recipe.
But it doesn't mean Quintana isn't a very good pitcher in his own right. If he's 'nothing special' then neither is Jon Lester.