I have no doubts that Shields is a great, great, fantastic clubhouse guy. I don't even have anything against him. I love his competitiveness even if he's been league average, at best this year.
However...we have the best ****ing defense I've ever seen. They literally make every one of our pitchers have numbers that are better than they should be.
I can't ****ing imagine what Shields, Vargas, and Guthrie's numbers would look like without our defense out there.
I play DFS on FanDuel and read advanced pitching stats every day and our defense is hilarious...
Look at our team defense compared to everyone else:
http://rotogrinders.com/articles/Adv...ri_7_25-341649