Comments on: Fantasy Roundtable – Identifying Sleepers

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:41:57 +0000

@Fred Barker: I paid $11 for him in an NL-only league. I just hope for 100-150 IP of sub 4.00 ERA and strong K rates. If so, he's worth it. Give me 150 IP of Scherzer and 50 IP of Wolf or Baek and I've got a top 12 NL pitcher. As for mixed leagues, Scherzer is totally worth a flier for 5th/6th starter. Honestly...once you get down to 5th/6th starters, you might as well gamble since the yawnstipating Beurhle types are always on the waiver wire throughout the season.

By: Fred Barker

Fred Barker — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:37:18 +0000

Rudy, what makes you believe that Scherzer will hold up for anything close to 170 innings? Really, what are you seeing. He looks like a huge injury risk to me.

By: big o

big o — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:42:34 +0000

@Rudy Gamble:
jon’s blogger profile image “jives with both Grey’s and my avatars” ??

are you telling me that those are not your real photos ?

i’ll leave it for others to guess .
all i’m saying is that neither is of the type you’d expect to find when you bought a new wallet , back in the day .

By: AL KOHOLIC

AL KOHOLIC — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:25:25 +0000

i know its spring but whats with webbs terrible pitching?anything to it

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:05:04 +0000

@Frank Rizzo: Haren probably is a little less of an injury risk but I'd take Peavy everything equal.

By: Frank Rizzo

Frank Rizzo — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:55:13 +0000

@Rudy Gamble: thanks rudy. good stuff. interesting. between you and grey, both of you are pro-cain this year. i like it because you definitely don't have to overpay. i'm totally on board with haren and believe either he or peavy is going to be my 1st pitcher off the board. in a 10 team, which i'm in, peavy is starting to drop to the 5th and haren isn't far behind him. peavy's making me a little nervous though. do you totally ignore the preseason with peavy?

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:27:56 +0000

@Frank Rizzo: I generally like the non-Rockie NL West pitchers at the right price – for instance, I grabbed Scherzer (ARI), Wolf (LA), Baek (SD), and Cain (SF) in my NL-only league last week (my other two starters are Volquez and Maine). I think Sanchez is going to stumble coming off a huge pitch increase. Like him for 2010 bounceback. Randy is a total wildcard. I’d take him as no more than a 5th starter.

Quick notes on others relative to their ADP. If I mention Risky, see the Risky Pitcher post – Lincecum (Neutral – b/c of Risky), Webb (Like), Haren (Like), Peavy (Like), C-Bill (Neutral b/c of Risky), Cain (Like), C-Young (Neutral – injuries + weak fastball), Kershaw (Like), Scherzer (Like).

Re: Scherzer and Kershaw, I’ll take either of these guys in a heartbeat before David Price. Less competition + more MLB seasoning + better home park + better division + more minor league experience…

By: Frank Rizzo

Frank Rizzo — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:19:58 +0000

@Steve: damnit steve, you're killing me. i'd forgotten rudy's post. i was really thinking about nolasco until i read that. damn. greinke, nolasco, and other late rounders i was considering are on that list. i'm not going near volquez now. glad i re-read that. got my draft tomorrow night.

By: JR

JR — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:37:35 +0000

Random sleeper news: Josh Byrnes was recently interviewed and said the Scherzer’s innings limit this season will be around 170. That’s more than I expected.

By: wiudavis

wiudavis — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:10:11 +0000

Who is filling the closer roll in Milwaukee? It sounds like Hoffman is a no-go. Is Villanueva going to get that call? I am short on closers and need to sweep up all the garbage I can find.