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*Ackley and Seager, so far, have more WAR than EVERY BAVASI PICK COMBINED - except Fister.*
Hard to imagine, especially since the Bavasi guys have had an extra 5 years to generate data.
Mentioning Fister, though, made me wonder if Ms fans are collectively over-reaching on their perception of how good Fister is (and has been).
Yes ... he is a good pitcher. But, I suspect that because he had that really good run right after he was traded, the Seattle view of Fister might be a bit inflated.
I think the perception is that he's *much* better than Vargas, when in truth, they are much closer together statistically than most might realize.
The comp from 2010 - 2013 (by WAR)
Year - Vargas - Fister
2010 - 2.5 -- 1.2
2011 - 0.9 -- 5.2
2012 - 3.1 -- 3.3
2013 - 1.8 -- 1.6
That 2011 season includes the 2.5 WAR Fister generated in that great 70 inning spree immediately after landing in Tiger town.
Mind you, Fister avoided the early career growing pains (negative WAR), and hasn't had the *bad year* that Vargas had in 2011, (instead having the career year). Fister is a better pitcher in the aggregate. But, outside of that one 2011 season, the two are incredibly close by practically any statistical yardstick. Obviously, *IF* Fister manages to put together another 2011 at some point, the delta increases dramatically. And any 3.0 WAR per year pitcher is a really, really nice commodity to have. But, Fister has not turned into Felix ... he's more like Vargas+.