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arroyo was basically a league average 5 starter

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lord no. his vorps:

2004: 27.7 (#26 in the AL SP's)
2005: 18.7 (#36)

he was young, with no reason to expect a decline any time soon

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he had good value because he's an innings eater, and he was better than i remember in '04 (maybe cause i liked BHK?), but his '05 season was more what i expected out of him going forward. 200ish league average innings (98 era+) who got hit hard by the yankees.

he was expendable, i guess. sometimes you gotta roll the dice.