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Originally Posted by Saul Good
I disagree with pretty much all of this.
Duffy is going to be a stud. He needs to be in there.
Chen's a bargain, and he can eat some innings.
Jackson is WAY over-valued right now. Hell, he was maybe the top pitcher available.
The Tigers are head and shoulders above us on paper. Jackson/Oswalt isn't changing that. More than anything, we need to know what we have in Sanchez, Duffy, and Paulino (even Hochevar to an extent). Chen's probably going to be dealt before the end of the year, IMO.
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I respect your right to be wrong.
"Is going to be." Maybe so; the stuff is there. Doesn't mean a bit of polishing in Omaha would hurt. He showed enough cracks last year to warrant the time, depending on his performance this spring. Paulino, however, did not.
Jackson, based on his contract, is not overvalued at all. Quite the opposite, in fact. Oswalt would never have signed with the Royals, so that's a moot point.
As for Chen, I like the dude a lot, but his career statistics make me more than a little skeptical, let alone betting on years three and four of decent production.