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Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat
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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
I didn't think Guthrie should've been extended. not traded for. That's the real issue, hence the reference to the $8m.
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Jeremy Guthrie didn't make $8 million last year. He made $5 million. He makes $8 million this year (His original contract was set up to run $5 million/$11 million/$9 million, but he deferred $3 million of salary from this year into a buyout of his 2016 option.)
So you were just wrong on that point.
The Royals also ended up getting league-average numbers from Guthrie last year, over 211 2/3 IP. Which is not world beater stuff but DOES have value (even at $8 million, if you get 200 league average out of a guy, you're getting pretty good value).
He's had two very rough starts in July (that have added 3/4 of a run to his ERA), but I bet we look up at the end of the year and see what we saw last year: 200 or more league average innings. WAR figures are going to hate Guthrie, always, because he doesn't strike many batters out, but guys who can get through 200 IP at a decent No. 4 starter level of performance do have value in baseball.