A chasm has opened up in the market for starting pitching as the trade deadline approaches. To this point we’ve seen Drew Pomeranz (2016 ERA: 2.84, Career ERA: 3.73), Drew Storen (2016 ERA: 7.01, Career ERA: 3.39), Lucas Harrell (2016 ERA: 3.38, Career ERA: 4.74), and Andrew Cashner (2016 ERA: 4.76, Career ERA: 3.73) change teams.
Those names are a far cry from the “ace” caliber starters rumored to still be available on the market like Chris Sale (2016 ERA: 3.17, Career ERA: 2.95), Sonny Gray (2016 ERA: 5.