I would be fascinated to hear the distinction in insult intensity and rudeness between saying one is full of shit as opposed to actually being shit. In law, I would call this " a distinction without a difference," but you obviously disagree. And indeed, I may be full of shit.

The analysis on Wakefield is silly. He had one atrocious, ERA-wrecking start. In the start before that, he pitched 8 shut-out innings, and every start but one had been quality before that. There's no evidence at all that he's less effective than he has been for the past decade.