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Originally Posted by MikeThierry
I really think Arroyo is about equal with Westbrook. Both are unreliable except for the fact that they give both of their team innings.
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Difference being Arroyo pitches a lot more innings. He's also flat out better. Lower WHIP, higher K rate, better ERA+. Put it this way, Arroyo is a better-than-Suppan innings eater. I'd say Bronson's arguably the best innings eater of the past decade (1,872 IP over the past nine seasons with a 107 ERA+). Westbrook is a less-than-Suppan innings eater.
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Originally Posted by MikeThierry
II have a feeling that Rosenthal will get the nod over Kelly and in that scenario, I think he's far superior than Leake is.
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Love Rosenthal's arm. Not sure if he's going to be able to waltz into a rotation job without going through an adjustment period. It might take 300 IP or so for him to turn all that potential into performance. It's the tradeoff of having young pitching, you've got to put up with their growing pains. Leake may not light up a radar gun, but he can pitch and he's coming out the other side of his MLB apprenticeship.