pitching in long-for-him relief for the Reds on MLB Network after Nats blew up Cueto.

Certainly worthy of its own thread.

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Sean Marshall WAR
2012 Reds 1.6
2013 Reds 0.3
2014 Reds -0.2
Total 1.7

Dave Sapplet
2012 Cubs 0.8
2013 Cubs 0.5
Total 1.3

Travis Wood
2012 Cubs 0.7
2013 Cubs 2.8
2014 Cubs 0.8
Total 3.3

as of 5/21 14

Reds 1.7
Cubs 4.6

Cubs side of deal "Far Superior" ????

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yes

Even without WAR, they got a legitimate upper middle of the rotation, cost controlled, starting pitcher. That is probably the highest currency in all of baseball.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

It looked like a terrible deal at the time but injuries and Wood surprisingly being productive changed that.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!