Which is exactly why you didn't cite his April numbers, he's a big fat lazy turd and starts the seasons off slowly. He's heavily overrated.
Players usually don't play the compare game, but Tim Hudson flat out said he'd much rather face Ryan Howard than pitch to Chase Utley. He wouldn't say that if it wasn't true.
Throwing pitches to a lazy free swinger that strikes out an awful lot is a lot easier. Striking out used to be shameful, now you have bums like Howard that only swing for the fences.
