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Stupid Cardinals activating Sanchez already. They were supposed to wait until 2012.
Quasi Muto on
September 14, 2011 10:56 PM
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But, I'm worried about the ability to get anything useful back for any of Sale/Peavy/Buchholz
Quasi Muto on
September 11, 2011 10:07 PM
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Strasburg, Wainwright and Latos is a great 1-3 SPs in a 12tm 5x5, and at 22/16/12, cost controlled. Morrow and Bumgarner at #s 4/5 and $9/6 respectively is nothing to sneeze at either. Brett Anderson should only be $6 when he's 100% back from TJ surgery
Quasi Muto on
September 11, 2011 9:57 PM
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Not worried about Montgomery really, have him for $1, and I've got plenty of pitching ahead of him so that he doesn't need to contribute at all in 2012.
Quasi Muto on
September 11, 2011 9:55 PM
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$2 for all 3 of them. I'd be inclined to keep Buchholz, but I've just got an excess of pitching and it would make more sense to try to get something in return for some/all of them.
Quasi Muto on
September 11, 2011 9:54 PM
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Are you worried about Mike Montgomery?
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I don't know what to make of Buchholz, but I'd keep him if you have him for a reasonable price. I'm not a huge fan of him in our format but he always seems to end up with a good ERA and wins should never be a problem
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maybe AT&T is a little less unfavorable for 5X5 though
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Depends on the prices... I am not a Peavy fan because of his park and health history but you might not be able to get fair value and he has some upside left
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Which combination of the Buchholz/Peavy/Sale guys would you try to move, or move all 3? (Have Medlen, Delgado and Montgomery as prospects, so depth isn't a huge issue)
Quasi Muto on
September 11, 2011 5:18 PM
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In my 5x5 ottoneu league, I need to figure out which of my SPs I should be looking at shopping. Currently have Strasburg, Wainwright, Bumgarner, Morrow, Latos and Paulino, with Peavy, Buchholz and Sale (who the Sox plan to start in 2012) on the bench
Quasi Muto on
September 11, 2011 5:17 PM
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I haven't even looked at how my lineup has done since about June. Rebuilding is so not at all stressful!
Quasi Muto on
September 11, 2011 4:11 PM
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pretty schizo day for the ol pitching staff... two shutouts, 3 RPs combine to allow 5 HRs
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When the White Sox had a AAA team in Calgary, that was right up there with pre-humidor Coors
Quasi Muto on
September 10, 2011 9:29 PM
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actually, not so much... High Desert, at least, is on a whole different level
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I think Lancaster (now Astros' A+ affiliate) might be the most extreme. The Red Sox had a team there for a year.
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Just wasn't sure on Baltimore, knew where the other 3's AAA affiliates are.
Quasi Muto on
September 10, 2011 3:10 PM
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Most extreme hitters' parks are Albuquerque, High Desert, Asheville, and Colorado Springs.
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Btw there was some discussion of minor league park factors on Twitter last night and someone shared this: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/oracle/discussion/2010_minor_league_park_multipliers/
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Yep, others are IL North (Pawtucket, Scranton-WB) and IL South (Durham, Norfolk).
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Jays are the only AL East team to use a PCL AAA team, right?
Quasi Muto on
September 10, 2011 12:54 PM
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Jays pitching prospects really have it tough. At AAA you're in Las Vegas in the PCL, then get promoted and you're in the AL East. That's not an excuse for Drabek's numbers this year but I can see how it might do a number on a young pitcher's confidence.
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I'm not at a need spot for SP with Niese at the backend and Wandy, but would have been worth a flyer for 2012.
Quasi Muto on
September 8, 2011 9:13 PM
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Of course, I could have just bid on him, but at this current price, depending on how my roster works out, there's a small chance I'd keep him.
Plakata on
September 8, 2011 7:52 PM
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I'll cut him in the offseason. I didn't want someone to get him for $4.
Plakata on
September 8, 2011 7:48 PM
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Must have confused him for vintage Doug..
Chicago Socks on
September 8, 2011 7:27 PM
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I was a bit taken aback by that as well.
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$7 for Drabek, huh? I was going to start the auction if he'd hit free agency, might have even gone up to 7 on him, but was willing to let him clear waivers first.
Quasi Muto on
September 8, 2011 3:48 PM
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Nv has been considering having the 60-day DL players not go into their own separate list, but they're still going to not count against the roster cap as far as I know.
Quasi Muto on
September 7, 2011 6:20 PM
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The 60-day DL thing is a data provider error. In my midseason 5x5 league draft, I have 10 players on the 60-day DL, and it flipped OUT on me earlier this season because of that error. It's annoying, but just ignore it.
Quasi Muto on
September 7, 2011 6:19 PM
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Channeling his inner Strasburg, Ted Lilly managed 19 swinging strikes in 5 IP last night!
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I'm not sure if they ditched Hulet, but Eno told me they are working on improving their prospect coverage; said they knew it was a weakness.
Plakata on
September 7, 2011 3:45 PM
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did they ditch Hulet? I think I like Newman a lot better
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Baseball America names Mike Trout their 2011 Minor League Player of the Year. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/awards/player-of-the-year/2011/2612308.html
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Yes, he is.
Bunt Cake on
September 7, 2011 3:20 PM
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Is Newman the Scouting the Sally guy?
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Seemed like he was suggesting that players on the 60-day DL shouldn't be separated from everyone else on the lineups page.
Bunt Cake on
September 7, 2011 2:42 PM
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Wonder if it was related to the grumbling yesterday about Strasburg not being off Rotowire's 60-day DL (and thus eligible to be in lineups).
Bunt Cake on
September 7, 2011 2:41 PM
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Okay, appears that was just a temporary blip, back to normal now.
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Before you go cutting people let's wait for Niv to explain...
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Something appears to have changed in terms of how 60-day DL players are treated, as a result 7 of our 12 teams are currently in an invalid state.
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Interesting reading from new FanGraphs prospect guru: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/mike-newman-prospects-chat-9611/
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Livan "Livan Hernandez" Hernandez has to be the best nickname I've ever seen.
Chicago Socks on
September 7, 2011 11:01 AM
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not trying to argue that there isn't a correlation between high SwStr% and K%, just that a low SwStr% might not necessarily mean that a high K% is an aberration
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who has shown this?
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Also, over his career 6,510 MLB pitches (per Fangraphs), 5.7% SwStr%, which is quite low. His current clip puts him in the ranges of Stauffer, Livan "Livan Hernandez" Hernandez, and Buehrle
Quasi Muto on
September 6, 2011 11:29 PM
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It's been shown that a high SwStr% is an extremely good predictor of future strikeout rates.
Quasi Muto on
September 6, 2011 11:26 PM
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obviously it's intuitive but I dunno--isn't catching people looking indicative of a real, sustainable skill too?
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Has it actually been proven that a low swinging strike rate means a high K-rate is due for a correction?
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Encouraging in that department over his last four starts: 400 pitches, 45 SwStrks = 11.25%
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