holds from guys who qualify as starters

[rfa94wp98]

my league scores W, K, SV, HLD, ERA, WHIP. we have 4 sp spots and 3 rp. i'm trying to sneak in some holds by having a middle reliever who qualifies as a starter take up one of my sp spots (i never have 4 starters going at once). here are two guys i'm looking at:

scott schoenweis
matt wise

can someone help me make a decision? will either hurt my era and/or whip? thanks.

[stoner420]

yeah ive actually been wondering this myself... in my league closers with sp eligibility are so valuable, but really a save is 7 and a hold is 5... so if there are any legit hold guys with sp eligiblity i would love to know about it...

[GiantFan666]

Well, Schoenweis just gave up 3H 4R 4ER in 0.0 innings so that would probably do some damage to your ratios

[LBJackal]

Dustin Hermanson is another one.

[rfa94wp98]

ok, so does anyone want to rank these guys for me, and others i presume?

matt wise (who i heard may even get some saves)
schoenweis
hermanson

[rfa94wp98]

dah, there's no huge difference between these guys. i'm going with wise, just because schoenweis got shelled today and i think hermanson might only pitch long relief. maybe not the best reasons, but oh well. if anyone wants to weigh in...

[stoner420]

yeah, please all of u vets chirp in on this topic, it would help me out a ton as well!

[quietstorm]

I'd take Hermanson. After his performance in SF last year, I think the Sox grabbed him as insurance against injuries or their closer faltering. He probably won't get a lot of saves, but he might pick up a few, and I think he'll get some holds here and there.

Schoeneweis is not a good pitcher, though he'll only hurt your ERA marginally (4.38 ERA in relief during his career).

[stoner420]

hermansons not available in my league, any other legit options?

[warrick95]

Is Hermanson even the #1 righty setup man for CWS? Luis Vizcaino has really good stuff. 7th inning middle relief pitchers do get a significant amount of saves (Linebrink), but is he even going to be pitching much then? Perhaps Ozzie may use Marte and Vizcaino in each respective inning (7 and 8) a lot. I don't really know if Hermanson's going to accumulate that many holds.