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On topic, though, you are right about French. People have been likening him to Washburn since the trade and it has, in my opinion, been mostly unwarranted.
I'm not going to say it was a bad deal for Seattle if the context was that Zduriencik felt he couldn't resign him for a price he wanted, but it is unfair for fans to believe that French is going to be the same as Washburn.
Of course... throwing him to the trash heap because of a couple/ few bad starts isn't fair, either...