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Originally Posted by Caged Great
The reason why I'd give up a bit of a premium for Dickey is that it would really screw up oppositions timing.
Having the rotation set up
Johnson
Dickey
Morrow
Buerhle
Romero
would have a fireballer, followed by a knuckleballer, followed by a fireballer, followed by a mid 80's pitcher, followed by Romero.
It would be really hard for teams to adjust to the speed differences from each of the guys and would make it just that much more difficult. Add in the great pen full of high K/9 guys and it would be pretty much as good of a staff as one could realistically get and we again wouldn't have to give up a ton due to Dickey's age (JPA + Carreno + Jenkins or Sierra might be enough)
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I like your line of thinking, I am just personally a bit scared to give up assets for a 38 year KB'er (despite him being a very solid pitcher) who only has a single year left on his deal. But with that being said, if we only had to give up the guy's your suggesting and no more of our top 10, then I'd probably be down for it. Still though, if the prices are similar, I would probably prefer Niese. 
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