QUOTE (Sox Fan In Husker Land @ Jul 24, 2015 -> 05:43 AM)
In his last 8 starts he has pitched fairly well. 60 IP, 47 H, 11 BB, 45 K, 17 ER, 2.55 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 4.09 K:BB, 6.75 K/9. He is currently 19th in WAR among pitchers on Fangraphs for the season. He has also gone at least 7 innings in 12 of his last 13 starts. If we can't get a good prospect in return for him, I see no reason to trade him. Just take the compensation pick at the end of the 1st round to go with our Top 10 pick.
Here are your pitchers ahead of Samardzija in WAR, only 2 on that list besides him that are available.
Max Scherzer
Clayton Kershaw
Corey Kluber
Chris Sale
Dallas Keuchel
Zack Greinke
Jake Arrieta
David Price
Chris Archer
Jacob deGrom
Sonny Gray
Clay Buchholz
Gerrit Cole
Michael Pineda
Lance Lynn
Carlos Carrasco
Tyson Ross
Johnny Cueto
Jeff Samardzija
Caarlos Carrasco is supposedly available also.Probably Ross also. I'm pretty sure I've read all Padre starters are .