Halladay is indeed awesome, but in so far as career value goes, he's not in Maddux's ballpark - nor will he ever be barring several seasons of excellence - nor is he in the range of Glavine or Smoltz. Yet.
Maddux's numbers are absolutely sick when given a second glance. Fifth all time in WAR for pitchers. Four of the top 100 all-time seasons in Adjusted ERA+ (only five active players have top 100 all-time seasons, and none of them will be playing for the Phillies in 2011). Is he the greatest right hander to play the game since Tom Seaver? I'd say it's a pretty close race between Maddux, Pedro Martinez, and Clemens, though we know at least one of those guys was on roids.
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The world's foremost expert on virtually everything on the Redskins 2010 season: "Im going to go out on a limb here. I say they make the playoffs."
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