Please give me any statistic split outside of 'just the start yesterday' that shows Hammel's decline. The pitching is fine. Make a big splash with Gomez if you want, or find some solution for the middle infield (hope Castro turns it around, trade Castro, hope Baez isn't broken). http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/6480/jason-hammel Hammel is a decent pitcher, but not a #3 on a contender he is a good #4/5 tho Look at his game logs since June, only 3 quality starts out of 10 appearances. Look over his history he has always been stronger in the first half than 2nd half and most IP he ever had was 176.