At midseason, Jair Jurrjens had a 1.87 ERA and a 12-3. He was incorrectly called a Cy Young candidate by many fans, by virtue of that low ERA. But at the end of the day, he was just a guy with a 5.29 strikeout rate. Some fans wondered if he should have been dealt at midseason for one of the many teams craving starting pitching. The Braves of course, were loaded at the time, with Mike Minor looking major league ready, but rotting in Gwinnett. Sure enough, Jurrjens had a 5.88 ERA after the break and walked nearly as many as he struck out, thanks to regression to the mean and his balky knee once again starting to give him problems. Here we sit on November 5th, and the team is looking to deal Jurrjens.The team definitely should have tried to move Jurrjens at the break. His value has taken a huge hit since. Not only has his ERA spiked, but his rate stats have also regressed (he allowed nine homers in 41 1/3 second half innings after allowing just five in 110 2/3 first half innings). The ...
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