because he's better than kerry wood No. He's just not. Wood is struggling in his first year in a new league. He'll be much better next year. Gregg just has long periods where he just plain sucks, like April and the first 2 days in August, for example. There's no comparison between the 2; yes Kerry is struggling this year, but his ERA over his career is considerably better than Gregg's and he's thrown a helluva lot more innings; does anyone really think a closer with a career ERA of almost 4 is worth a damn? I sure don't