What's the deal with James Shields?

[Surfs up]

Would you prefer he pitch in the Central ? The Red Sox are really the only team in the east that has an excellent lineup? Maybe the BlueJays. the Yankees don't scare me. Good all around team but not loaded. The West has the Angels and the Mariners.Its not like he wil always face the good teams ace . Any pitcher worth having has to beat the good teams as well as the bad teams. Somethimes the bad teams are the teams that can hurt you the most.

[deerayfan072]

Would you prefer he pitch in the Central ? The Red Sox are really the only team in the east that has an excellent lineup? Maybe the BlueJays. the Yankees don't scare me. Good all around team but not loaded. The West has the Angels and the Mariners.Its not like he wil always face the good teams ace . Any pitcher worth having has to beat the good teams as well as the bad teams. Somethimes the bad teams are the teams that can hurt you the most.

His Career Numbers are against some teams:

NYY 33.1 IP 7.83 ERA
BOS 21.1 IP 4.64 ERA

DET 16 IP 2.25 ERA
CHW 14 IP 5.79 ERA
CLE 20.1 IP 2.66 ERA

SEA 23 IP 1.57 ERA
LAA 25.1IP 3.55 ERA


So yea, pitching in the central or west would be better for him

[Surfs up]

I see your point but I beleive each year is different . I see him as getting better. You're a Rays fan . Do you? You know more about them then most of us.

[deerayfan072]

I see your point but I beleive each year is different . I see him as getting better. You're a Rays fan . Do you? You know more about them then most of us.

He def is getting better, but for some reason he really struggles against the Yankees, although his first start this year against the Yanks wasn't too bad 5 IP 2 ER 8 H 1 BB 5 K. I think the more he learns to mix up some of his pitches and the better his curve is that he has been working on, you will see him start to get a lot better. I do totally agree with this statement you made:

Any pitcher worth having has to beat the good teams as well as the bad teams

Shields will do this. I think his ERA and WHIP would be a little better if he played in other divisions, but he is still a great pitcher and is still getting better

[raiders_umpire]

Would you prefer he pitch in the Central ? The Red Sox are really the only team in the east that has an excellent lineup? Maybe the BlueJays. the Yankees don't scare me. Good all around team but not loaded. The West has the Angels and the Mariners.Its not like he wil always face the good teams ace . Any pitcher worth having has to beat the good teams as well as the bad teams. Somethimes the bad teams are the teams that can hurt you the most.

The Yankees not loaded with their lineup? Are you serious? They will easily be a top 5 scoring team in all of baseball this year.

[J.C.Fighter]

Would you prefer he pitch in the Central ? The Red Sox are really the only team in the east that has an excellent lineup? Maybe the BlueJays. the Yankees don't scare me. Good all around team but not loaded. The West has the Angels and the Mariners.Its not like he wil always face the good teams ace . Any pitcher worth having has to beat the good teams as well as the bad teams. Somethimes the bad teams are the teams that can hurt you the most.

Yanks lineup not loaded? wtf? Dude on a good year the Yanks have all-stars at every position..

[DeadWinterDay]

Would you prefer he pitch in the Central ? The Red Sox are really the only team in the east that has an excellent lineup? Maybe the BlueJays. the Yankees don't scare me. Good all around team but not loaded. The West has the Angels and the Mariners.Its not like he wil always face the good teams ace . Any pitcher worth having has to beat the good teams as well as the bad teams. Somethimes the bad teams are the teams that can hurt you the most.

Yanks lineup not loaded? wtf? Dude on a good year the Yanks have all-stars at every position..

Arod, Jeter, Posada, Abreu, Matsui, Cano, Damon, Giambi....thats only 8 current/former all stars playing on a daily basis. Although Ensberg doesn't quite scare me ever since his 2005 season and I have rock hard evidence that at least 2 of the 9 mentioned are washed up. Plus they have to put Melky in there somewhere. So that leaves us with only (only) 6 SOLID all-star candidates. Plus, putting Arod in any lineup pre-September makes them a force to be reckoned with no matter what.

The Yanks O is only 2nd the Tigers in my eye, and at this point if you remove Giambi for Shelley I think it gets better.


I loved Shields at the beginning of last year, and this year I made it a point to get him in all 3 of my leagues. He's not a pushover, and he's only going to get better.

[Field]

I'm not realy sure what more you could ask out of the guy especially when you consider that he has had 7 unearned runs scored on him. I think he was one of the safest bets heading in drafts this year in his tier. His K/BB ratio is fantastic, always a great indicator.

[urbanbreez]

"The Yanks O is only 2nd the Tigers in my eye..."

This use of sexual innuendo is disturbing....

[Surfs up]

I just think that Cano has come back to earth. He's a little overated in my mind. Damons best years are behind him. Giambi is hitting something like a buck twenty.Posanda had his career year. Age will catch up to him very soon. Don't get me wrong Yes the Yankees have a good team. But Loaded? Nope . Sorry I'm not convinced. I don't go by last years numbers.The Red Sox lead the league in scoring and in batting average. The Tigers will come around.
Anyway back to Shields. I like him and the the Rays.They'll score a bunch of runs. They are grwoing and gaining more confidence each game. No more doormat.