Cliff Lee: Is He The 2010 Cole Hamels??

I present this as I am concerned that Lee may experience a fall off in performance compared to his last two seasons where he put up ace numbers, similar to what Hamels experienced this season. The Mariners traded some of their top prospects for Cliff Lee back in December and were lauded for making the deal, but they are discounting the number of innings that Lee has pitched over the last two seasons. The Mariners already know alot about trading top prospects for ace starting pitchers with the Erik Bedard deal made two seasons ago.

Lee will more than likely be drafted fairly high in 2010 drafts, and go for $25+ in auction league drafts. I would keep this factor in mind when drafting Lee come March and April.