A brief analysis bent in my favor to demonstrate how I got more out of a cheaper (greedy prick now) SP compared to the two more expensive / sought after SPs (one wouldn't talk to me and one took slightly more annually, but half as many years). All three pitchers have performed well. I am not in anyway saying these guys didn't perform. They just got out-performed at a fraction of the cost.
Pitcher # 1
SP Hyun-jin Ryu - signed for $13.5 mil x 4 years ($27 mil for 2054 / 2055).
2054 / 2055 : 64 GS, 28 wins, 17 losses, 408 IP, 3.31 ERA, 451 hits, 18 homers, 48 walks, 206 K's, 1.22 WHIP, 2 CG / 2 SHO.
Pitcher # 2
SP Hisashi Iwakuma - signed for $9.7 mil x 3 years ($19.4 mil for 2054 / 2055).
2054 / 2055 : 68 GS, 23 wins, 23 losses, 430 IP, 3.62 ERA, 466 hits, 42 homers, 54 walks, 291 K's, 1.21 WHIP, 3 CG / 3 SHO.
Pitcher # 3
SP Robert Greenly - signed for $2.1 mil x 2 years ($4.2 mil for 2054 / 2055).
2054 / 2055 : 78 GS, 41 wins, 19 losses, 537 1/3 IP, 2.91 ERA, 437 hits, 34 homers, 216 walks, 482 K's, 1.215 WHIP, 7 CG / 3 SHO.
Greenly's 2-year cost was almost 1/5 of Iwakuma's cost and almost 1/7th of Ryu's cost. He had more GS, more wins, more IP, a lower ERA, less hits, more walks, and more K's than both pitchers. All three had virtually the same WHIP despite Greenly's walk total.
Where the other 2 will beat out Greenly is going forward. Obviously, they're younger and signed for longer. I just wanted to compare the 2 year period to the two SPs that spurned the pitching haven known as the New York Mets.