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Signed for 4.5 million with The Pirates this offseason, he can get an extra 500K.  David Pauley was a journeyman longman having a good year.  Doug Fister had posted 2 seasons of slightly above average starting pitching and was having a good season but still didn't strike anybody out.  And don't forget, they all pitched in Safeco, other teams know how it plays.  What happened when they were traded?  Erik Bedard was frail, David Pauley pitched like a guy who struggles to strike out 5/9IP, and Doug Fister pitched out of his mind in a way that he will not replicate.  10 pitchers since 1901 have pitched 150 innings+ with less than 1, 3 managed less than .75, 2 pitchers have managed a K/BB ratio above 10.
If you look at Doug Fister's season as a whole, I think that's about the best you can hope for going forward, and that's a great, 5-6 WIN pitcher.  If Furbush can pitch like Ricky Romero (3 WAR) and Casper Wells can hit like Preston Wilson (3 WAR), then we're even no matter what we get from Ruffin and Martinez, and we're going to get something out of Ruffin this season.  And they can be better than that, we don't know how good any of them will be after 2 months of playing time, but we know exactly how good what we gave up was.