The market for free agent starter Edwin Jackson appears to be pretty weak. He really hasn't been strongly linked to any teams, but there are rumors floating around that he's got a couple of three year deals on the table. Personally, I don't think Jackson is a bona fide ace, and more falls into the Kyle Lohse type of a third starter...which considering Lohse's four year deal that he got prior to the 2009 season, maybe the market for Jackson is stronger than we think.
Jackson is a good middle of the rotation arm, but he's not some sort of ace like he's been made out to be by certain people. CBS's Jon Heyman, who loves his arbitrary endpoints, noted that Jackson is one of four pitchers 28 or younger to have at least 199 innings, 140 strikeouts, and a sub-4.50 ERA in each of the last three seasons, with the other three being Matt Cain, Felix Hernandez, and Tim Lincecum. Here's another fact: Heyman's full of garbage by grouping Jackson with those thre...
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