Rookie Pitching

[Yanks Ruined It]

Just trying to start a some dialog about rookie pitchers,Why is everyone so hyped up over rookies or prospects unless you play keeper.Very rarely have I seen one have any major fantasy value in a roto non keeper or even h2h non keep. I really think the hype generated here in the CAFE lures some people into thinking if the player was good in the minors he will continue to be dominate in the bigs, it just doesnt work that way.I 've seen 2 this year with all the press ,Cueto and Sherzer, Cueto hasnt been anything to write home about Sherzer is still a ? Seems that rookies have very little impact in any of the major sports(basketball?)anyone want to add to this please, I need to be informed. The reason for this is I play a lot of teams on yahoo and everyone burned a ww pick on Sherzer last week and now evryone is dumping cueto

[jake_harv88]

Very rarely? That seems like a downplay to me.

Rookie pitchers come into major leagues and are effective all the time. Gallardo, Lincecum, King Felix, Jered Weaver. These guys all came into the majors and were effective and useful fantasy commodities. Whats best about a rookie pitcher is you have no idea how high their ceiling is. How good can they be? What is their limit? No on knows. I agree that rookies get overhyped, but anytime you get the chance to add a high upside pitcher mid season you have to take it. Temper your expectations but dont avoid rookies like the plague...

[jake_harv88]

Also rookies have major impacts in all major sports. Think Adrian Peterson in football and Kevin Durant/Lebron James in basketball. But those are topics for other boards

[Yoda]

Just trying to start a some dialog about rookie pitchers,Why is everyone so hyped up over rookies or prospects unless you play keeper.Very rarely have I seen one have any major fantasy value in a roto non keeper or even h2h non keep. I really think the hype generated here in the CAFE lures some people into thinking if the player was good in the minors he will continue to be dominate in the bigs, it just doesnt work that way.I 've seen 2 this year with all the press ,Cueto and Sherzer, Cueto hasnt been anything to write home about Sherzer is still a ? Seems that rookies have very little impact in any of the major sports(basketball?)anyone want to add to this please, I need to be informed. The reason for this is I play a lot of teams on yahoo and everyone burned a ww pick on Sherzer last week and now evryone is dumping cueto

41/8 K/BB in 41 IP is nothing to write home about?

I play in 2 keeper leagues so I put quite a bit of premium on them but even in redraft leagues, with rookies, you are pretty much getting something for nothing. They can help you win leagues.

Plus it's a lot of fun to watch them grow up.