Feel unimpressive. In it defense, the NY Times threw out a comment I did not know that apparently Griffin's peripherals are less impressive than his ERA. Which tells me the Nationals are betting that Griffin, like Mead and Garcia, is in the midst of an unsustainable hot streak.
The starting pitching returns have been
so maybe this is as good as it gets
Like any trade, we'll need some time to evaluate this. It does appear with trade after trade our front office thinks the farm system was comically thin (I agree!) and they'd rather more lottery tickets than fewer pieces, even if better pedigrees.
