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Originally Posted by ksushi
Young pitching is a huge asset to any organization and its so hard to acquire by trade or on the market.
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Oswalt is a young pitcher too... and he is an accomplished star.
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Originally Posted by ksushi
I don't know that Lester will be great, but where do you get off telling all of us that you know he won't total any significant amount of wins the in the majors? What do you know more than all of us? I don't think so.
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I specifically said that I don't think the trio of MDC, Hansen and Lester will combine to win as many games as Oswalt. MDC is 25 an has 2 wins. By that age, Oswalt had 33 wins. Hansen and Lester are 23. When Oswalt was 23, he was in the midst of a 14-3 season with a 2.73 ERA. Hansen is not close to making it back to the majors and it remains to be seen when Lester will be called up. I stand by my statement that the 3 of these guys added together will not equal Oswalt's career. It was assinine not to have included Lester in that trade. They should have put on the full court press to get an accomplished young arm like Oswalt.
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Originally Posted by ksushi
How bout just sit back and be the arm chair pundit you always are, but without so much lip action. It's getting boring, at least on this topic. There is only so much of the broken record that I can take.
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I don't have a good feeling about Lester. I have never been very impressed with his ability or execution, and I am not at all confident about his health. If he can be re-established as a premier prospect, I'd prefer that they move him to get a quality, proven ML starter.