ozzzie19

That sounds about right to me. Being the 87th, 90th, 80th or 62nd best starting pitcher is right exactly where I was placing him: A solid No. 3 starter. Using "qualified" usually undersells a player (and yes, I did it too with LFers earlier) because the bad players don't play enough to be qualified. Over the course of 2010-2011 there were 134 starters who pitched >200 innings (combined). Wood's xFIP was 114 out of those 134, putting him at a middle of the road 4th starter, which is what he is (or rather, what he has been). Theres nothing wrong with trading nothing (which is what Marshall is on a non-competitive team,considering the new draft pick compensation rules), for Wood. However, theres a decent chance that he'll be non-tendered at some point* (ie he will be getting paid through arbi more than hes worth). He could also improve into a solid starter and outproduce his salary and thats a gamble worth taking when you are giving up nothing. *some point is the new "wait till next year"