He’s really getting ” chowed” on,I’m looking for a reason not to cut him loose in my 10 team league

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Quick question: I’m in 12 team, 10 player keeper H2H league with 5 OF, 2IF + usual and 6 bench spots along with 9P. We’re into round 22/23 of draft with my picks at turn shortly.

I’ve filled all my hitting spots, but pitching I probably could do with a couple of guys as my staff is full of injury / upside risks! (Haren, Harden, Wainwright, Bedard, Johnson + Rivera, Hanrahan).

Guys still available: Motte (for a possible closer), then Cook, Guthrie, Floyd, Kawakami, Volstad, Heilman.

Or should I go down the prospect route and pick up someone like Tommy Hanson and Colby Rasmus?

Other hitters available include Kubel, Yunel Escobar (although I have Hanley) but my IF spots are filled by Kouz and Mora…

Man, so many directions, which to take?!!

@Cheez Whit: He does have good K potential, but his WHIP could be a nightmare, which usually leads to a bad ERA and no Wins. He’s in a very tough division and he’s risky at best.

@Pops: Morrow is in trouble. I’d start looking for alternative plans. Micah’s not a bad option, but I’d look at others first, then again, I don’t know who’s available in your league.

@Colin: Your comment is at the bottom of this post with my answer:

http://razzball.com/performance-enhancing-draft-strategy/

@JamesLLeGade: Yup, there’s no challenge there.

A 10 team league with no MI/CI is akin to playing Texas Hold’em with Dueces, one-eyed Jacks, Suicide Kings and Scepter Queens wild. In a sense, everybody can win!

Which is what you’re playing. Please tell me it’s at least a roto league.

It is embarrassing to bring this league up online!

BTW, this the leauge my sister plays in. She can’t make the draft so like a good brother I said I’d rank her top 100 for her Razzball-style. I’m going to scoop myself!

I thought it’d be easier to trade Halladay, the top ranked pitcher last year. But no one seems to care about his #4 ranking. But I guess everyone knows he most likely won’t get 20 wins or 200K’s again this year. I like Scherzer, but I’m beginning to think his shoulder won’t hold up so I’d like to get some value for him. And even though Wang could win 15-19 games this year, he’ll probably only end up with 110 K’s if he pitches 200 innings. So I don’t have a problem trading those guys.

If one of those trades happen and I need 2 pitchers, do you like Meche? I had him for a lot of last year and he was pretty good at times.

@101 M.P.H.: LOL, don’t think that’s what Hudson called them.. but that’s funny.

“When the bullpen (Wickman) stole a win from the starting pitcher. Maybe you could come up with your own term for that to add to your glossary.”

As I understand it, Rollie Fingers shares the MLB lead for blown saves in a single season with 14.

If your pitcher loses a win due to a blown save, you might say that you’ve been “fingered”.

So I guess it comes down to whether or not Sizemore is worth Markakis, Halladay, and Scherzer.

I don’t know if you watch “Lost” but there’s this fat guy named Hurley, and everyone wonders why he never lost any weight despite being stranded on an island. That’s kinda how I feel about Prince.. How is he still 275 lbs despite being a vegetarian for over a year now?? I know he’s still young, but I feel like fat players are pretty risky.

So what do you think of the offer?

I offered Markakis, Halladay, Scherzer, and Wang for Kemp and Billingsley and would rather have that trade happen.

I would add Parra and then the 2nd pitcher would either be Meche, Sanchez, or Pettitte(?)

Thanks for the help =)

re: Kershaw — No, I like him and mentioned him above in a roundabout way. But he does walk a lot of people and he will probably, as you point out, get pulled earlier from games than most.

re: Reliever stealing wins — That’s a vulture win.

You’re welcome!!

So since you left Kershaw off the list, does that mean you’re avoiding him? If they only let him go 5 or 6 innings again, then yeah he won’t be that special because when you leave the game with a 1 or 2 run lead in the 6th inning, odds are the bullpen won’t hold it.

Which reminds me.. Hudson had a term for that. When the bullpen (Wickman) stole a win from the starting pitcher. Maybe you could come up with your own term for that to add to your glossary.

Those are the sort of picks that wind up being dropped within the first three weeks.