I thought the decision was correct, but really his value/war is totally different than other pitchers which gets overlooked. Having to carry Thole comes with an added $800K cost of negative value. In fact we paid Thole $1,750,000 last year... I can't think of one quality factor in having a knuckleball pitcher with hopes of at best a 4.00 FIP result / 2.0 WAR with all that baggage. Unless your Mike Wilner and say yea but there's 200 innings that are worth every penny, like just give it a rest Mike.
I don't think we miss a step with any one of Hutchison, Floyd, Chavez in replace of Dickey along with a legit back up catcher.