Problem with your post is you are talking the last 4 years, Dickey has not been good this year at all and that is not debatable, then you add we need thole to catch him who is basically the same as having the pitcher bat, that puts a worse team on the field. Last 2 years Dickey has been good for us especially in the second half, very good even, he has been way worse this year, and that is what people are focusing on now. He has been bad. He is not even eating innings for us now. We are in a tight race, and cannot afford to have Dickey and Thole being trot out there every fifth day this year, especially against teams like Boston.