The Jays started this trading season with a bang by sucking the soul from the Marlins, leaving them soul-less. Now they're finishing up the winter trading season by reaching into the Mets' chest and ripping out their heart like Mola Ram. The Mets trading Cy Young winner, R.A. Dickey is the smartest thing I've seen the Mets do since they clearly labeled the foul lines during their 1986 championship. There's no reason people need to be sniffing powdered limestone. "Hey, Mex, wanna go to Tijuana to get some Devil's Dandruff?" "Doc, we got a World Series game today." *blank stare from Gooden* "So?" I don't think Dickey is a one-hit wonder (pun noted); he was solid enough since 2010. His last three seasons ERAs are 2.84, 3.28, 2.73. Sure, there's some xFIP issues in those years and his K-rates in 2010 and 2011 were 5.37 and 5.78. This was not an ace. Last year, he was. He matched his insane 1st half (2.40 ERA, 123 Ks in 120 IP) with a great 2nd half (3.09 ERA, 107 Ks in 113 2/3 IP). He's 38 years old, but knuckleballers age at wildly different rates than most pitchers. Phil Niekro didn't really peak until he was a doppelganger for Phil Donahue. I mean, when your fastest pitch couldn't win a SpongeBob at a local carnival it's not unreasonable to think Dickey can still have success. Still, Dickey has nowhere to go but down. This is a classic sell high trade, so I say good for the Mets. Dickey is a tough pitcher to predict. It's not surprising that he had a great year last year vs. the AL. He had a great year vs. everyone. In 24 IP, he had a 1.88 ERA and a 0.50 WHIP with 28 Ks vs. the AL. In 26 IP in 2011, his ERA was 2.08 with a 1.08 WHIP and 24 Ks vs. the AL. I think his Ks are going to fall a bit closer to his career average. Give him say a 7+ K-rate instead of a 8+ K-rate, and, due to Metco suppressing homers a tad more than Rogers, I'm going to bump up his ERA a bit. For 2013, I'll give him the line of 16-8/3.38/1.17/182. There is admittedly a larger margin of error in this line than I've given other pitchers. Anyway, here's some more offseason moves for 2013 fantasy baseball:The post Getting Dickey Is All In The Extension appeared first on Fantasy Baseball Blog at Razzball.com.
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