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Old 07-29-2013, 10:18 AM   #7902
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Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat View Post
Will Duffy be better than 17-22 and 4.77 ERA in five years of service? That was Affeldt's production for the Royals. Affeldt missed time due to injury as well.
I think his floor is what we were seeing last year before he went down with the TJ, probably with a little bit better control (4.00 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 1 K/IP seems like a decent target for his floor). I refuse to talk about W-L in any way other than to deride it, so I'll ignore that part of the equation.

I'm pretty confident Duffy will be better than Affeldt was.

Ceiling is still that of a No. 2 starter. His curve is inconsistent, but lefties who throw his type of heat and have a good changeup can get by with an inconsistent breaking pitch.

Tampa has two of them.
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