Comments on: Verlander Pushes Leyland to Three Packs a Day

By: Grey

Grey — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:24:25 +0000

@Kevin: Yeah, that was just stupid to drop Shields. Send him to the site so we can lambast him.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:16:42 +0000

See what I mean about James Shields? I hope the guy that dropped him feels like the idiot he is.

By: Fantasy Baseball Look at Jeff Francoeur

Fantasy Baseball Look at Jeff Francoeur — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:53:58 +0000

[...] Justin Verlander – See this morning’s post. [...]

By: mike

mike — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:22:30 +0000

yeah, me too…crossing fingers

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:13:33 +0000

@mike: That's understandable. Hope it works out for you.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:03:36 +0000

Sry Grey but I had to pull the trigger on a Verlander deal. I delt Carmona for him. Here was my logic for doing the deal. I recently traded hafner,vazquez,greinke for aramis,carmona. I figured i was losing some k’s regarding the pitchers i delt. Verlander will make those k’s up for me. Carmona has also been very wild although it hasnt shown up in his ERA, but a 1.80 WHIP tells the tale. I think Verlander has also gotten a little unlucky with his 6.50 ERA, as every base runner he left on base when he was taken out of games his bullpen let score. In all i figured both pitchers are risky, however if Verlander straightens himself out his upside is top 10-15 pitcher worthy. Carmona’s upside is not on that level.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:16:12 +0000

@IowaCubs – That’s a tough trade to pull the trigger on in an NL-only league. I’m a big fan of Santana but depth is important for a single-league.

But if you look at it as you’re sacrificing Saves, SB (Pierre), and some catcher-driver HR/RBI (Soto) but gaining in W/K/ERA/WHIP, it’s probably worth it. The marginal gains in those categories from Santana will help you more than what you’ll lose in the other areas.

My guess is that none of these guys except for maybe Soto is priced attractively for keeping…that would play a role in it….

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:32:35 +0000

@IowaCubs: I think you answered your own question. He's not a first rounder. You know when I'll like Braun again? In '09, when everyone's annoyed with him. BTW, I only ranked him right outside the top twenty, it's not I think he's going to be worthless.

By: IowaCubs

IowaCubs — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:25:14 +0000

@Grey: Also, I don't know why people are still hating on Braun. Once Prince heats up again, he's going to have mucho pitches to hit. He's never again a first rounder, but I don't see how his numbers are any worse than Aramis Ramirez. Plus, he'll end up with 12 steals.

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:22:55 +0000

@IowaCubs: Paulino wouldn't have been good enough for a one catcher league, but in a two catcher NL-only league, he's fine.