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Champ sez, also,
I think Lopez+Lowe+Vargas for Danks is hilariously one-sided for the Mariners. I can't see the White Sox accepting that deal.
You've got him at 5 WAR; I'm seeing 2.9 at this fangraphs link. Are you looking at the year before?
Danks is a fine pitcher, but the WAR is 2.9 vs 2.6 and Lopez isn't going to blow a rotator cuff.
Danks' K/BB is declining and there's some concern that he's less than a Grade A starter. If he were Lester, a true 5.0 WAR guy fine, but do you see John Danks as a perennial All-Star? I don't.
2.6 WAR is just about the worst-case for Lopez next year, granting a 50% chance of the worst-case...