About Bonderman here are a couple of excerpts from an ESPN article
“It was only a season and a half ago that Bonderman seemed to be on the verge of stardom. Then the mysterious tingling in his fingers began, and he wasn’t the same guy. His velocity began sinking. His movement disappeared. And no one knew why.”

“Unfortunately, though, he had to stagger through nearly a full year of frustration and discomfort first — until one morning he woke up and found a lump the size of a softball below his armpit.”

He was breaking out in 2007 and looked like an ace until the blod clot. I certainly think he is worth a gamble on this year.

@James: Nah. I don’t think that’ll change it too much. And God forbid he ever get traded…

@Colin: I have Gallardo pitching at about MLB 10-team SP average ERA/WHIP (in point shares) which means 3 SP material. His total Point Shares are limited because he’s projected for only 140 IP which depresses his W and K potential. He only threw 40 IP last year so it may be risky to assume he’ll 1) pitch much more than 140 innings and 2) pitch well towards the end of the year if he does. I’d draft Beltran and Fielder over Gallardo in any league/format. It’s not close. And I like Gallardo and SPs in general….

Man, I loved that show.

By the way, Ausmus is the Bossmus.

Bonderman – I see you have blod clot listed. The real problem was an impingement which they fixed by removing a rib, adding some honey garlic sauce, and …

The long term looks good for Bondo since for a few years he didn’t have much feeling in his hands effecting velocity and feel for breaking pitches. And removing a rib is a very simple procedure.

Short term I’m not so confident. How long does it take for him to build up a seasons worth of arm strength, get his feeling back, etc.?

E-mail phil.james@gmail.com if you’re interested! Draft date is Sat March 21st at 1PM EST.

Rudy

Here are the #25, #48, and #73 picks using ESPN’s ADP: Ian Kinsler, Nate McLouth, and Joakim Soria.

Sizemore/Braun are better than McLouth, no question. But enough to compensate for Kinsler and Soria compared to their replacement 2B (Kelly Johnson) and RP (Chris Perez)?

Wed, Mar 11

Mariners.MLB.com’s Jim Street reports Seattle Mariners SP Erik Bedard (hip) was scratched from his start Wednesday, March 11, due to a sore right hip.

(KFFL)

I may be steering clear completely. The hip cost him almost as much time as the shoulder last year.

sorry to post on here for this but we’re getting desperate and i know there’s some great guys on here and some that would really compete since this league is VERY COMPETITIVE,

thanks! TY

@Chris: Here’s my analysis on Nolasco (http://razzball.com/20-risky-pitchers-for-2009/). In my eyes, he threw WAY too many breaking pitches in 2008. An unsustainable amount. I think he’ll need to throw more fastballs/changeups in 2009 and regress in ERA/WHIP/Ks. If not, and even if he did, I see him as a huge injury risk because of all those breaking pitches from last year. This was the analysis that soured me on heavy breaking ball hurlers – http://razzball.com/can-previous-year-pitch-counts-help-identify-risky-pitchers/

@sean: I don’t think Hanson will have much value in 2009. He was great in AA last year but the Braves have enough depth (Lowe, Vazquez, Jar-Jar, Kawakami, Glavine, Campillo, Jo-Jo) that they can let him pitch in AAA for most/all the year.

@Tom: That’s a common strategy. I like those three. They COULD provide the value you’d expect from top 3 starters but you’ve taken on greater than average risk. Based on Point Shares, I’d say those three will give you about average W/ERA/WHIP where ideally they provide above average and help provide slack for the rest of your pitchers to increase counting stats. You may need to pick up another top starter as the year goes – you can deal from your hitting strength at that time…