Comments on: Kazmir Great But Not Machine Washable

By: scott

scott — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:10:36 +0000

@BVV — thanks for the insight. I’m pretty confident I will be able to monitor and recover some or all of these guys if they turn it around. R. Hill I will pick up when it looks like he coming back up. Snell simply does not have a winning track record. No one is in a rush to pick him up at this point. He will be there if I see 2 good starts in a row. Myers is the most disturbing situation but I dropped him because of the alarming and pronounced loss of velocity, the questions regarding his regimen and conditioning and the lack of positive news coming from his manager and pitching coach. It might just be him fighting his way through an adjustment period or it might be that his body and/or stuff doesn’t allow him to pitch through an order three times over 7 innings any more. It’s probably the former but I decided to let that little drama play out while I try to bring down my era and whip with some middle relievers in my starting lineup everyday. If it looks like Myers is turning it around I will pick him up again. I’ll let you know how this strategy plays out over the next few weeks.

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:48:34 +0000

@B.J.: That's a great trade for you. Well played.

By: B.J.

B.J. — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:38:46 +0000

traded Michael Young for Zack Greinke. I will use Yunel Escobar at SS. My rotation is now CC, Dice-K, Maine, McGowan, Greinke, Big Unit, Scott Olsen and Snell. Did I make a good deal?

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:19:44 +0000

@Chase: I think he’ll be fine, but I don’t think you want to trade Aram for him, because there’s some risk.

@Steve: Izzy’s worth DL’ing. If you can’t DL him, then I would drop him.

I think it’s probably Foulke because of his experience but I don’t think much of Foulke.

@JR: It’s worth the gamble to grab Masa, just in case.

By: JR

JR — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:12:57 +0000

Can Kobayashi fend off Borowski?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:40:15 +0000

Guys - What’s your take on the Izzy situation? Is he worth holding?

Also interested in thoughts on Foulke. I already have Devine…

By: Chase

Chase — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:37:36 +0000

would you try to trade for Arod right now? Even though he is injured. I was thinking I might propose Aramis Ram and Quentin for him. Thoughts?

By: Chase

Chase — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:22:57 +0000

@IowaCubs: cabrera…

By: Baron Von Vulturewins

Baron Von Vulturewins — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:08:47 +0000

@Grey: Thanks.

I should add, though, that I suffered through several excruciating months of the suddenly sucking Oliver Perez in ‘05 on the basis of the young-pitcher-will-right-the-ship theory. And it never got better.

Though in hindsight, his herky-jerky, man-falling-off-of-a-unicycle mechanics were an obvious red flag. Also, he’s a mental case.

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:31:23 +0000

@BSA: Kinsler provides more fantasy value/pop than Kendrick.