mikerollins...very detailed synopsis. Briefly, Sheets is not one of the top 3 pitchers in baseball, sorry but you have Brewers goggles on there, pal. I can't believe I have to type this again, but I do not feel wins are the end-all be all, BUT I will say that some are quick to toss it out as a meaningless category if it does not back their points. Didn't our own GM use WINS as a key reason to get Suppan this off-season highlighting "Suppan has more wins than Zito in the last 3 years." Is Melvin unknowledgable about baseball, too? There is something to a guy who has a winning mentality. It means I will bear down and shut a team down if that's what it takes to win.when your team needs it, REGARDLESS of whether or not they are on a "winning" team. Case in point, last year the Cubs were 66-96, YET Carlos Zambrano was 16-7. So....techically a good pitcher on a bad team (like people argue Ben Sheets was for many years) CAN actually win. What?!? Really? Yeah, it's called an opponent BA of .206. Someone who can shut the door on an opponent even when his own team can't score runs to back him up. A good pitcher finds a way to win...no matter what. Call me stupid, call me cluless on sabermetrics, or just plain ignorant if you will, but I know baseball and I know one cannot discount a meaningful stat like wins. Why would they make such a big deal about 300 win pitchers if it wasn't important?