Except maybe Ichiro's OPS.
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If you want Votto, as opposed to Fielder, I'd hope the M's could build the package around Paxton or Taijuan instead (compare the Cliff Lee deal).
Don't undersell the value of an ML-ready, potential #1 like Paxton or Taijuan. Suppose you had to obtain one? What would you have to spend?
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Some locals are doing what they can to chew at the perceived value of Michael Pineda, casting him as a pitcher who "has problems with lefties," a guy whose velo is questionable going forward etc.
Hey. Pineda was one of two (2) AL starters with a strikeout rate > 9, and he finished - FINISHED - with the #4 velocity in the league. He was 22 and a rookie, and the 3rd pitch is coming in 2012 or 2013.
Michael Pineda could be a Hall of Famer for all we know. Hope nobody at SSI is buying in to the devaluation effort.
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