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Originally Posted by VAChief
I brought up Russell after you claimed that DeJong was having a "Diaz like decline" even though a better comparison of like decline would have been Russell.
If they don't replace any of their starters that would surprise me. Yu is really the only one you could hope for some kind of bounce back. Any of the others would just be homer talk, nothing about their stuff would argue otherwise. Quintana maybe improves, but he is not trending that way, even with coming to the NL.
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How would it be homer talk to expect 28 and 29 year old pitchers to "regress" back to their norms?
Quintana's problem this year has been his control. His stuff is still there so there's no reason to assume hes done. Hendricks is in the same boat. He's struggled to get the ball down at times and he's been giving up a few more hits and homers than normal. His walks and strikeouts are right in line with his norms.
Really the only one that would be homer talk would be Lester returning to his Cy Young form.