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Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S
This isn't true at all.
His ERA and WHIP right now are both better than his career averages.
He is a #4 starter who will get you around a 4 ERA and 200 innings pitched. You take that all day.
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His ERA with the Royals was:
Year 1: 3.16
Year 2: 4.04
Year 3: 4.10
You are correct that it's better than career averages, my statement was that it's his worst with the Royals.
My point is that really except for Vargas, none of our other starters are really outperforming the norm in a way that we could expect a "market correction."
I know what Guthrie is, and it still is a great trade that GMDM made to get him considering the dumpster fire we gave up in exchange. But he's not lights-out compared to expectations...and several of our position players are well below what I think we can reasonably expect, the reason for my optimism.