What to Make of the 2006 Rookie Starting Pitchers

[WebHamster]

This thread contains comments on Brendan Gawlowski's Article "What to Make of the 2006 Rookie Starting Pitchers", which was posted in the Cafe's Point of View section on August 3, 2006. The full article can be read here.

[EugeneStyles]

"Anyone can tell that Rich Hill won't make much of an impact" ???

2-0 with a 2.4 ERA with 15 K's (vs. 3 BB's) in his last 2 starts. That's a pretty nice impact, especially for a very deep league. I got him off waivers the day before his start against Arizona, cause I figured he was due(*), and I expect him to more or less keep this up the rest of the year.

(*) Actually, it was because he had shown some improvement in his previous start, despite still getting knocked around, and because Arizona had scored a ton of runs the day before, which usually ends up quieting their bats the next day. Also, I was pretty sure that Hill was ready to start coming around - he just needed some time to work out the kinks. He definitely has a major league fastball and an A+ curve.