Yea fine but when you can get him at $4 mil a year without the burden of anything more than a one-year contract, there are gonna be drawbacks. But he's still always been good for 180+ IP with a mid-4s ERA and clearly for the FO, the pros still outweigh the cons. It's up to the FO to have a contingency plan
Dice-K, Smoltz and Buchholz being worthless are far more to blame for the rotation woes than Wakefield