Dropping Verlander, need advice on a pickup
Dropping Verlander, need advice on a pickup
12 team, 5 X 5 roto redraft league. Can't take Verlander any longer and I don't have room to stash him, so I've decided to part ways with him. I've hung with him this long, but he has pretty much singlehandedly cost me eight points in ERA and WHIP over the past month and I really don't see him turning things around. I was offered Roark for him two weeks ago and couldn't pull the trigger. Needless to say, that offer is no longer on the table. I am currently sitting one point out of first place due to strong power, speed and closers. The following SPs are FAs: Floyd, Arrieta, Duffy, Harang, Milone, Vargas, Burnett and Morton. I like Morton, Vargas and Harang best of the group. Any thoughts on who to pick up would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Re: Dropping Verlander, need advice on a pickup
Well you can pretty much look at the existing numbers and the projections for ROS and see how they line up.tybs wrote:12 team, 5 X 5 roto redraft league. Can't take Verlander any longer and I don't have room to stash him, so I've decided to part ways with him. I've hung with him this long, but he has pretty much singlehandedly cost me eight points in ERA and WHIP over the past month and I really don't see him turning things around. I was offered Roark for him two weeks ago and couldn't pull the trigger. Needless to say, that offer is no longer on the table. I am currently sitting one point out of first place due to strong power, speed and closers. The following SPs are FAs: Floyd, Arrieta, Duffy, Harang, Milone, Vargas, Burnett and Morton. I like Morton, Vargas and Harang best of the group. Any thoughts on who to pick up would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I would steer clear of Harang - his numbers have been steadily detioriating since his strong start. I also think Milone's only advantage is that he pitches for a winning team - he is not a good strikeout pitcher and his ERA is rising
Vargas isn't sexy but he is consistent - Morton may be the NL version of that but the Pirates aren't winning as many games
Floyd is decent but the Braves are a HR or miss team
Duffy has the most upside but you will get a great game like his last one and the occasional stinkers - inconsistency of young pitchers.
I haven't looked at all of those pitchers so aside from my thoughts I can't talk you out of Morton or Vargas but do suggest you look at the K/9 and K/BB of those available as well as the curve of their WHIP