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Trading Soriano
ozzzie19 replied to ctcf's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
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"