Homer Bailey traded to Dodgers!

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(12-21-2018, 08:31 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Isn't a "one year phenomenon" what the Reds chose to pay Homer on?  When you look at Wood's career stats, 2017 was a bit of an anomaly.  Seems like he's traditionally a .500 type of pitcher, with a respectable mid 3s ERA.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/woodal02.shtml

Now, when you look at his career, nothing in there says "Ace" to me, but he is definitely an upgrade to the current rotation.

Records aren’t really important anymore when gauging a pitcher’s ability, just look at DeGrom winning the Cy Young. Wood has the stuff to be an ace, plus fastball, plus change-up and an average knuckle-curve. An era in the 3’s is great in this current homer happy version of baseball. He also doesn’t walk guys or give up many homeruns and has a career WAR of 12.5

Now, none of that makes him Kershaw/Kluber/Verlander level of pitcher, but he can be a #1 top of the staff guy. FWIW I still want the team to trade for Kluber.