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R.D.
I would suggest that it’s the increasing fickleness of pitchers health, seeing healthy pitchers with track records is a huge commodity playing a large part as well. The fa market this year definitely plays a part as well with so many excellent pitchers.
bobhutt99
Paying exorbitant money long term for starting pitchers is a huge mistake. All you have to do is long at the last 10 years. For every success story there seems to be 9 owners with buyer’s remorse. Not a good idea.
The Oregonian
Even though offense has become more and more scarce every passing year, it seems, the gulf between paying for pitchers and hitters has widened in favor of pitching this offseason. It’s kind of a confusing trend IMO. I know teams like the Mets and Royals prove that good pitching can lead to success in the postseason, but this assumption that good pitching beats good hitting every time just isn’t always true.
Larry D.
I think eliminating PEDs has something to do with this. Hear me out. Youth and athleticism is now the mantra. Controllable major league talent seems to be a common element to winning at MLB level. Teams appear to be drafting the best available player vs. filling by position. The fact that there are more position players available in the draft, the liklihood is that more will get drafted vs. Pitchers. The result is a surplus of quality bats being developed at all levels of pro ball. When a team promotes the bats, the missing components are pitching. I would be interested in seeing a chart listing how many early round position players performed to expectation vs. pitchers.
tycobb016
peds still in play.
db2259
Agreed
db2259
Yep
Lance
I think it’s just a matter of luck of the draw when it comes to who is a FA and this past year, we had a lot of good pitchers on the market and once Price was signed, the dominos started to fall. No one wanted to be left out. It’s like the NFL draft….some years, the talent for defense is strongest while other years, it’s offense. Some years…4-5 QB’s taken in the first round while other years, NO qb’s are selected 1st round.