Hey G, Leonys Martin has value in the Wide Wide World of Sports. The question to be considered by DiPoto Inc. is whether he's now just a 0.2 dWAR guy or again a 2.0 dWAR guy. It it is the former....then we should capitalize on whatever value he has and explore a swap.
If' he's the 2.0 guy he once was, then he's dang hard to replicate.
For two years running, Fister has been a 1.4 WHIP guy as his BB has jumped from 1.3 to 2.1 to 3.1/9 (caveat: the 1.3 was a career low) He's also running a HR/9 that is double for the past three years compared to what it was the three years prior. If we're buying 180 innings of a #5, then Fister is clearly no worse than that. But there is no clear indication that he's much better, either.
If you can buy him for one year and figure the odds of one of the kids being pretty good next year (which isn't a real long-shot bet), then Fister is an insurance policy without much down side. This is why I liked the Dickey or Colon play. Especially Dickey.
But the Field Bet (Moore-Whelan-Povse) is as good as the Fister bet, if you're laying money down on who runs a 110 OPS+ over 160 innings in '17.
Respectfully, as always.....
Keith