Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Buchholz & Owens for Fister & Zimmerman

Since money is no object this year I have a trade for Ben to consider. Let's ship off Clay Buchholz with Henry Owens to the Nats & get Doug Fister & Jordan Zimmerman in return. Throw in Middlebrooks &/or Cespedes for good measure. 2 proven starters for 1 sometimes starter, a top prospect, a big bat & a maybe bat. Here's what Zimmermann & Fister did last year. Zimmermann - 32 starts / 199 innings / 2.66 ERA. Fister - 25 starts / 164 innings / 2.41 ERA. Last year Buck was 28 starts / 170 innings / 5.34 ERA. Even adjusting for the DH in the AL Zimmerman & Fister project into the low 3.00 ERA's & both are durable innings eaters. Instead of counting on Buck to be a major cog in the rotation & being disappointed more years than not, let's ship him off & let another team gamble with him. Lester, Fister, Zimmermann, Kelly & De La Rosa sounds good to me.

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