Comments on: Check the Position: SP2

By: SamC

SamC — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:17:19 +0000

Kershaw is looking like #1 on this list right now

By: B N

B N — Sat, 29 May 2010 19:59:55 +0000

I’m not so sure of it, myself. Verlander has a HR/FB rate of about 8% vs 11% for Nolasco. Similarly, Verlander has a career GB rate that is about 42% vs 38% for Nolasco.

So… Nolasco is going to give up more fly balls AND they’re more likely to leave the park? I’d say that’s something serious to choose between them. Plus Verlander seems likely to strike out an extra +0.5-1 K/9. That would seem pretty significant too. I’m hardly a Verlander fanboy, I feel he’s a bit inconsistent for an ace, but Nolasco shows notably worse performance on a couple of key skills (strikeouts and keeping the ball in the park).

By: jaw

jaw — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:47:26 +0000

sorry about the typo:

“. . . I wonder if Jimenz will be better over the next 4 years.”

[fixed!]

By: jaw

jaw — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:43:34 +0000

It obviously depends heavily on your leagues’ scoring/settings, but I think just about everybody needs 6 SP, and your first 3 are good enough that if you spend a middling amount of dollars on some vets, you’ll have at least a solid staff this year.

You already have 2 potentially great upside plays there with Nolaskco and Hanson, and Gallardo is at least going to give you at ton of Ks, and he could be a #2 fantasy SP pretty quickly.

If it was me, I would just roll the dice with the staff you have so far (no, that doesn’t mean draft Dice-K). I mean I think your upside plays could really make getting an uberace a bit redundant. All pitching is risky.

On the other hand . . .

There is risk and their is RISK. The beauty of Doc Halladay is that he’s been so consistent — if you count in length of track record, etc., there is an argument to be made that Halladay is right on par with Lincecum — elite #s, lots of IP, very limited risk of missing starts or going through long slumps. So Halladay is a special case, because he is as close to a lock as you can get with a SP

If you get Halladay, you can fill in your last 2 SP VERY cheaply with a good ratio guy (like maybe Kuroda?) and another late flyer (another good ratio-controlling vet?)

I still think your pitching is good enough, given the inherent risk in the position, but Halladay is a special case.

By: jaw

jaw — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:25:44 +0000

Assume for sake of argument you already have 2 SP who are good bets for #1 or have #1 upside — say, Adam Wainwright and Tommy Hanson.

Is that enough for now? Or would still take an early round pick on, say, Cole Hamels or Ubaldo Jimenez, and wait until a later round to take someone like, say, Brett Anderson, Baker, or maybe even Price as your #3 SP?

Also, I like Hamels more for 2010, but I wonder if Jimenez will be actually be better for the next 4 years.

By: max

max — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:19:38 +0000

http://www.fangraphs.com/forums/topic.php?id=3470

By: kaptrap19

kaptrap19 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:32:04 +0000

I don’t trust Clayton Kershaw

http://gameofinches.blogspot.com/2010/02/luckiest-fly-ball-pitcher.html

By: 20/20vision

20/20vision — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:51:03 +0000

Brett Anderson=next Verducci rule victim?

I know we’re all enamored by the peripherals, but that was quite the increase for a 22 year old…

By: bballer319

bballer319 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:31:41 +0000

Where would Ben Sheets now fit into the conversation Eno? Any thoughts given his “healthy” diagnosis for the likely amount of work he’ll receive this year?

By: Joey

Joey — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:21:53 +0000

Tommy Hanson is a stud.