Armas or Moss

[Josh]

I recently picked up armas off the waiver wire but saw some posts favorable to moss for dan fran. He was not drafted and was a free agent, so what of him? My current starters are pedro, wade miller, odalis perez, josh beckett, mike hampton. Who do you guys think is going to have the better year?

[Guest]

not that spring training is any indication, but moss is having a terrible spring. i live in the bay area, and he's been torched for 3 or 4 runs each start.
also, if you asked me at the end of last year who i would choose, i would have chosen armas. he's a good pick to have a breakout year.

[Swing for the fences]

I'd go with Moss. Armas might post better ERA and WHIP numbers but Moss should get a few more wins.

[bobballoo]

I'm a big Braves fan and saw most of Moss's starts last year. I hated to see him go, but I have to say he faded as the year went along. His overall numbers look very good, but in august they were GREAT. Moss's arm seemed to get tired as the year went on and he's never pitched that much before (unless maybe in Australia!?)

Armas seems to me to be more solid, more likely to pitch 200 innings. In Moss's favor is the huge stadium in SF, but I don't see him lasting the whole year. If Moss is getting hit this spring, it may not be an accident.