Detroit Tigers' GM Dave Dombrowski's Serious Error

One of these players, who only had two years of team control left, netted Wil Myers and Jake Odorizzi. The other one, who also currently has two years of team control left, only netted Steve Lombardozzi, Ian Krol and Robbie Ray.
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Here are two players' 2011-13 combined stats:

*3.15 ERA, 124 ERA+, 1.14 WHIP and 3.37 K/BB
*3.30 ERA, 124 ERA+, 1.18 WHIP and 3.75 K/BB

One of these players, who only had two years of team control left, netted Wil Myers and Jake Odorizzi. The other one, who also currently has two years of team control left, only netted Steve Lombardozzi, Ian Krol and Robbie Ray.

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Correction: In an earlier version of this post, the author incorrectly spelled Jake Odorizzi's name.

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