That's exactly what I said. When you're on, you're on. The well-rounded positional player is harder to come by. Position players are more valuable than pitchers. It's that's simple.
You obviously misjudged the sarcasm in that first line, CO.
No, you said that hitters are more valuable... I said that I take it as a case by case example, and that BOTH are equally valuable. With our current farm system, I'd say the batters are more important. That's where the talent lies outside of a handful of pitchers way deep down in the lower levels. Hopefully this changes with upcoming trades.
And no.... well-rounded players are not harder to come by. There are actually more well-rounded players in the league than well-rounded pitchers. Why do you think the market is almost all about pitching right now, with very little movement (or expected movement) of players? Then again, that's pretty obvious. When average pitchers get paid more than most excellent players... that alone shows the truth to where the value typically lies. However, you do need more positional players than pitchers. Thus, their need is pretty well balanced, and thus equalizes the value overall.
Though, I will make the statement that the rare elite caliber positional player (ARod in his prime, Kemp pre-injury, sober Hamilton) are probably more valuable than the elite class pitchers. That's about the only degree that I would come close to agreeing with you here.
