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Robertowannabe
Hope he is what the Pirates say he is and he surprises this year.
patborders92
Hutch has the potential to be a beauty. He earned a rotation spot last year in Toronto over R.A.
66TheNumberOfTheBest
Good stuff?
With Searage, I’ve learned not to worry about prior results when the Pirates get a pitcher….just velocity and stuff.
DoItDoug
I still think he will be a good starter. Just needs to be consistent.
sabermatrix
That is false. Hutchison started last year in AAA.
baileydogg
As a Jay’s fan I was sorry to see him traded. Hutch could be a very good mid rotation starter capable of 200 innings and a mid 3/era. I’m sure Pirates fan will see
greatgame 2
A guy with a 4.93 career ERA gets $2.3 million?? Unbelievable
davbee
Hutchison has a 4.25 career ERA. I know, math is hard for some people.
Mark 20
Hutch has a career 4.93 ERA. He has a FIP of 4.25 for his career. Next time, before being condescending, do some research before you look foolish.
davidcoonce74
2.3 million is nothing in MLB. That’s a 1/2 win player. The game is awash in money and the owners make more of it than the players do.
66TheNumberOfTheBest
The immediate gratification of trading for Quintana and chasing a wild card spot has some appeal, but…
Marte, Polanco, Meadows, Bell, Newman, Taillon, Glasnow, Keller, Kuhl, etc. PLUS what they can get for McCutchen, Watson and Cole over the next year….
SI would run a cover story calling them “Your 2020 World Series Champions”.
jimmykey
Always had high hopes for Hutch.
He is certainly working with the right pitching coach now and could surprise some people this season.
Best of luck to him
ronnsnow
I sure hope Hutchinson pans out. That trade is already being dubbed at the worst of Huntington’s career.
66TheNumberOfTheBest
No. The worst trade will always (hopefully) be the Jason Bay trade. It was bad in concept and it was badly executed.
Instead of seeking true prospects, they tried to find AAAA guys to fill out the MLB roster to buy time. So, the idea was wrong to begin with, but on top of it, the players they got were more like AA guys.
Andy LaRoche. Enough said.
Liriano was a salary dump. We now have Nova and Hudson because of it. The prospects had become suspects in their eyes. Now you could (and I would) argue that they still should have tried to get more for them before other teams realized that, but…it’s not the end of the world.
Robertowannabe
2 small issues with your post. 1) The Bay trade. On the surface it would look horrible. However, after the initial trade, Bay did play well with Boston. He went way south after that with the Mets and Mariners. New York got crushed for the FA signing. Morris was actually a pretty good reliever. LaRoche not so much of a good player.
2) The Liriano Deal. That was a dump period and not just salary. He was pitching horribly all season for the Bucs until the trade. He was so bad that 2 prospects had to be thrown into the deal to get Toronto to take him for Hutchison. He was better to end the year for the Jays but betting he will look more like the guy that was with Pittsburgh for most of last season and not like the guy that ended with Toronto. Frankie was just plain bad last year for the Bucs. One of the main reasons they finished well back of the wild card.