Andy McCullough of the Star Ledger has a great article comparing the best knuckleball pitchers in history, while also examining what to expect from Dickey, take a look!
Dickey (2010): 11-9, 2.84 ERA, 174.1 IP, 138 ERA+, 1.187 WHIP, 2.48 K/BB, 3.4 WAR
If R.A.Dickey can produce as much as he did last year, while serving as a mentor to the teams younger pitchers, he is well worth 4-5 million per season.
This will be the first time in Dickey's career that he has been able to go to spring training with a guaranteed job, and you can bet your bottom dollar hes excited..
“The strange thing about it is every year, it (his knuckleball) feels like it comes a little quicker,” Dickey said in a telephone interview earlier this month. “Which is nice. Like, I’m already starting to feel it coming out of my hand in a good way. Whereas in years past, it’s taken me all the way up to the first day of spring training.”
With every post that I write, the excitement of spring training becomes more real. Yes, I know that the Mets play in the best division in baseball, but that will not stop me from hoping for a good year from the amazins. I'm optimistic, and if the Mets get lucky and the Phillies age catches up to them sooner rather than later, we will have a chance to compete, and hopefully reach October baseball!
