Originally Posted by
auyushu
Lewis had excellent walk rates his last two years at Mercer, and had a 12% walk rate before injury with the Mariners, the chances of him posting a .325ish OBP if he's hitting .270+ with 30+ HRs is pretty damn small. Much more likely he's posting a .350+ OBP. And that's just a solid projection, his true upside would be the numbers he put up in his brief minors stint, a .285+ish avg, .380ish OBP, .900 OPS beast with decent defense.
And 4 WAR pitchers are more low to mid-level #1 starters (ERAs in the 3.30 or less range), not #2 starters.
I don't think Anderson is chopped liver or anything, but there is a reason Lewis is rated higher in pretty much every persons ranking by a decent amount.