I'm going to agree to disagree. I have little doubt that Buck sees the 2.79 ERA, cites his 96-97 MPH fastball and has no idea what all those other stats mean. He was asking like we're going to get a haul for him. Oh was better last year than Hudson is this year, plus he had another year of control at a reasonable price and we didn't get much for him. I'm all for trading Hudson, and maybe he will help out a team if his LOB% luck continues, but we aren't getting jack s*** for him at the deadline.
As for Buck being a catcher and thus being a superior evaluator of talent...I don't know man. Pitching in 1975 - 1985 is a s*** ton different than pitching in 2019.