Jarrod Washburn missed in the Seattle Mariners rotation so far

It's been exactly one week since the Mariners made the no-brainer move to trade Jarrod Washburn, once they were fairly certain they'd fallen out of the playoff race to a reasonable degree. Remember, the whole "let's re-create 1995'' type of thinking is great for fans, but not so much for executives trying to build a baseball team. We can see from the results so far why the idea of trading Washburn while still realistically in a playoff race would have been controversial. Let's first look at the type of results the Mariners traded away in Washburn: Last six starts with Seattle: Quality starts of 7+ innings: 4 Quality starts of 6+ innings: 1 Outings of fewer than six innings: 0 And now, let's take a look at the rest of the team. Read more...