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Steve Lepore
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Always thought that Madison Bumgarner would sign with an NL team as he has been the best hitting pitcher over the past few seasons, and saw no reason why he would give up that edge (Zach Greinke hates pitching in the AL for that reason). D'Backs won 85 games and finished only 4 games out of the WC with a ton of injuries, and now they add Bumgarner. Ketel Marte may be the most under-appreciated/under-publicized star in the game. People like to hype the Padres as team most-likely to challenge the Dodgers, but its the D'backs.
Bumgarner also had an ERA of 5.29 (4.51 FIP/1.41 WHIP) and 4.91 (4.99 FIP/1.45 WHIP) on the road the last two years. I'm not sure this is going to work out too well.