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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
but he didn't outperform Thames enough to overcome the disadvantage he had going into camp.
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Personally, I don't think he outperformed Thames period, to say nothing of enough to overcome the incumbant advantage. He K'd way way way to much, hit for a lower average then Thames, and didn't walk any more then Thames did.
He did good (asides from all the K's) but not better then Thames.
As for McGowen... pretty low dollar amount so long as his arm doesn't fall off I can't see it being a bad deal. And even if it does it's an easy write off. Heck, the Jays are paying Cordero more for 1 year of bullpen work then they will the entirity of the guarenteed portion of McGowens new deal.