Holy C.A.R.P: You have taken 90% out of the grind of it all! You earned that moniker!

RE: Marquis, that 0-Swing% would kick him out for me. 'Borderline' translates to 'Possible Blowout'. We'll get enough ops without him.

RE: 0-Swing%. Here is link to a report page on Fangraphs. Note: Export in upper right. If you just go straight to Fangraphs>Leaders>scroll down to Custom Leaderboards>select data for the report>create table>highlight the field in the report you want to set the order for.

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?p ... 0&sort=2,d

I think we have found my replacement. Let's check a few more of what your report yields, against my hand done. Then you are good to publish!

What do you get for Parker? He is 83% owned, not really a streamer. He has a #9 at home that might kick him out, but I would leave him in based on the #22vs. righties. I make the overlay in large part due to his headsup, 0 ER in 6 IP earlier @min this year.

Yeah, borderline to me means "pass."

Parker doesn't show up as a "CHECK" only because MIN is 17th ranked OPS, but they're 22nd vs RHP. Perhaps I should change the "CHECK" to 15th and worse...

I already own Parker, so I don't have to pick him up, but I would stream him if he was available and I didn't already have him.

Oh, and thanks for the tip on the Fangraphs export... that's fantastic.

Would you start Lynn @ Cin tomorrow?

And is Buehrle worth a shot tomorrow and would you drop Cishek for him?

Thanks!

Lynn gave up 17 ER in his last four starts. I wouldn't start ANY pitcher @CIN.

Buehrle: WAS ranks #5 away, #13 vs. left. Quite a strong opponent. He did hold MIL to 0 ER @MIL in his last (a strong opponent).
Crayon Canyon is a pitcher's park. Buehrle @Home, 2.77 era. He's had 3 great starts. I can see running him. I try to stick to my formula, so those WAS ranks would keep him a sit for me. Heck, if the wind isn't blowing out at 20 mph, I would take a chance--but I wouldn't recommend him to someone else.

Dropping Cishek for him is another story. As valuable as CL are in our league--NO WAY.

Thanks! I like your reasoning system!

I wouldn't start Lynn just based on his last 5 starts (torched in 3 of them).

Buehrle is a decent start. 5 QS in last 6 starts (only non-QS is @BOS), WAS is 15th in OPS and 13th vs LHP (not great, not bad), plus he's been K'ing people and has a 33.3% O-swing. Drop Cisheck if you're not desperate for saves.

Heh... was writing while you were posting, Fred. Certainly seems like we're on the same page.

I got your back!

First off, Fred, let me thank you for that fantastic post on the site. I've been reading Razzball since late 2009 and that's the first post I bookmark. Excellent work.

Awesomus, I know your doc is still in "beta" mode, but if you could somehow make it public for Razzers to read, I would love to be first in line. For when that day comes, eddy5791@yahoo.com.

I'll definitely be checking this thread everyday. Again, excellent work, fellas.