Comments on: Sheffield Angrily Wagging Unemployment Papers

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:24:15 +0000

@Juice: re: Pedro - Go for it. Get Davis.

By: Juice

Juice — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:04:50 +0000

@Grey: Also, is Chris Davis a huge upgrade over Encarnacion, Edwin that I should accept a trade to inquire Davis for Troy Percival? I really like Davis but don’t wanna trade away a closer (big ticket in our league) if I am just getting another Edwin.

By: Juice

Juice — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:43:57 +0000

@Grey: H2H Points League. Add Pedro to my bench while dropping the newly minored B. Wood? Over and Out.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:19:23 +0000

@BVV: One phenomenon I’ve observed is that once someone has acquired a crappy closer off the waiver wire, it suddenly takes an offer of a 4th-6th rounder to pry them from the newly minted roster. In this league, Gregg and Ray are already gone and over-priced. I’ve found the best thing to do is simply wait for the next crappy closer. Soria has looked bad the last couple of outings. Sore arm? Hello, Kyle Farnsworth!!

By: JR

JR — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:16:47 +0000

@BVV: And Sherrill almost pulled an anti-Morrow by saying, “You know what, I don’t care if I’m not the closer.” Um, what? OK.

By: Baron Von Vulturewins

Baron Von Vulturewins — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:41:25 +0000

@Bob: Oh, don’t worry — I’m so deep into crappy closers I have to wear hip waders. If you’re desperate, Rodney’s definitely worth a flyer.

The good news is that crappy closers, because they don’t contribute many IPs, actually don’t hurt your overall ERA or WHIP all that dramatically, as some random genius pointed out here:

http://razzball.com/the-case-for-junky-closers/

Marmol may yet close for the Cubs, though I have to root against him, as a Gregg owner. If you’re really hard up, I’d investigate picking up or trading for Chris Ray. I like him a lot this year, and right now he’s not pencilled in as the O’s closer. But I think he’ll grab the job before long.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:28:40 +0000

@BVV: Part of trafficking in crappy closers is that they’re indeed, well, for lack of a better word, crappy. It’s becomes a question of how much you’re willing to inflame your WHIP and ERA in order to get a few cheap saves. Fortunately, I managed to use a nice early draft pick to acquire a wonderful set-up man. Meet Carlos Marmol. My bad. If I had been smarter, I wouldn’t have needed to think about Rodney, etc.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:27:02 +0000

@SP: I think they all step on one another that's why I like 5x5, but you have the best two additions if you're going that way.

By: SP

SP — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:24:43 +0000

Do you like any other categories in their place? K/BB kinda steps on Ks and WHIP and QS is pretty stupid. I’m not a fan of HLD either but I had to balance it out batting and pitching categories. Do you not like OPS because it’s redundant or because it favors the boppers too much? What about OBP instead of OPS?

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:20:11 +0000

@sean: I think Wes Helms was behind this.