'Baker was at best a low end #2, but mostly a #3 starter, mediocre at best. ' I think a lot of people fail to realize what #2 and #3 starting pitchers are in baseball. They are valuable. They are good pitchers, not mediocre. They aren't #5 pitchers, or on the edge of being long guys in the bullpen, but solidly set in a MLB rotation. If we had a staff of healthy Scott Bakers, we'd have a fighting chance for the playoffs (same as we would if we have 5 Ervin Santanas). I'm not sure how/when Duffy first got compared to Baker. but they should never have been compared to each other. If Duffy can come close to being a Scott Baker, that'd be awesome simply because he's nowhere near Baker.