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Old 08-04-2014, 05:48 PM   #1383
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I do agree with your original point about pitchers w/o compensation being more valuable. Matt Garza is probably a little more consistent than Ervin Santana but not all that much different. Garza got a four year deal, Santana one.

I'd bet Kyle Lohse could've done much better than 3/$33 had he not had compensation attached to him.
That doesn't make sense though. QO's should drive down the number of suitors on average to above-average players, but once a team decides to sign such a player, theoretically they'd want to sign a longer deal to amortize the cost of losing that pick.
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