Recently Metsblog had a poll regarding how the Mets should handle Dickey's contract extension with 53.4% of respondents voting the Mets should trade him away for two top prospects. MY only question is...WHY? WHY WOULD PEOPLE POSSIBLY ADVOCATE THIS? Dickey has been one of the very few bright spots in the Mets system over the last two years and now we are talking about getting rid of him. Let's take a quick look at Dickey's numbers with the Mets:
|
Year
|
ERA
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xFIP
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k/9
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bb/9
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fWAR
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2010
|
2.84
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3.75
|
5.37
|
2.17
|
2.8
|
|
2011
|
3.28
|
3.95
|
5.78
|
2.33
|
2.5
|
|
2012
|
2.73
|
3.27
|
8.86
|
2.08
|
4.6
|
This dude is the picture of consistency. People keep talking about his age and about how hard he throws the knuckleball and frankly this is complete nonsense. Knuckleballers routinely pitch into their 40's and as for the speed at which he throws it, we don't know how that will play out, no one has ever done it before, he is literally breaking new ground. Which is why it is crazy to start making assumptions about how it will turn out. Here is what we know, these are facts:
Dickey has been a top 25 pitcher for three years.
He was the best pitcher in the NL this year.
As a Met and as a knuckler he has never pitched badly.
He can be resigned for cheap.
Reports indicate he can be had for three years and 40 millions bucks. In the history of baseball has a Cy Young winner (you know he's gonna win) going into free agency been got for comparatively less? This is a no-brainer. Give the guy a chance, it is entirely possible his best years are ahead of him. Every year the knuckleball gets better, who knows how R.A. can make it dance in 2013, hopefully the Mets make him a deal so we can find out.
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