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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 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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Yeah I don't see that at all. JP is a barely average catcher, Carreno is going to be lucky to ever fill out a #5 spot on a weak team, Jenkins has little value now and Sierra is not a major league talent IMO. Mets are going to be selling incredibly high on a CY Young award winner. I realize you didn't use those names as a trade set in stone, more hypothetical then anything but it's going to take a lot to get Dickey and I think you could find a much more proven commodity if you're willing to overpay for another starting pitcher. Although it would be neat the way the rotation would be such a wide mix in variety of style.