well I had him in my lineup yesterday.. I am in a daily transaction league and only start him vs lefties. he's batting over .500 for me for the season. as a spot starter he's worthy of a roster spot.
wildbill wrote:Odds are he'll never have another night this good again in his career. BTW the first 2 HRs came off a AAA pitcher who was headed back to AAA after the game anyway so he didn't exactly smack around a competent major league pitcher.
I just couldn't let this one pass. This argument is flawed to say the least. If he "didn't exactly smack around a competent major league pitcher" then why didn't everyone else have 3 home runs and 8 rbi's? I agree that he will probably never put up those numbers again, but most "competent major league hitters" won't either.
He had a great game and deserves all the credit in the world for it.
JMB
Dude do you realize how stupid your comment is? The guy was a AAA pitcher. As I said it was reported he was headed back to AAA after the game no matter how he did in the game. Does that sound like a competent major league pitcher or a desperate fill-in start? I'll let you think about that.
At any rate the point I was trying to make is Werth is not suddenly going to turn into a healthy A-Rod. I'm not saying he sucks, but far to often people overreact to a player who has a career game. This thread is a prime example of that. I know Werth was once a pretty good prospect years ago in the Dodgers system, but we shouldn't be anointing him the MVP because of 1 game.
I didn't get the feeling that Wildbill was going this route and neither should you. Check the stats going into tonight's game - in 1083 ML at-bats he's got 39 HR's and in 2500+ minor league at-bats he's hit a whooping 79. Oh, and he's 29 years old. Fact is odds are amazingly stacked against him from repeating ANYTHING like this.
Que the guys who came out of nowhere thread. Guess you didn't have him in your lineup did you Red? Too bad. Hater.
Well something needed to smack some sense into you. Thing is, guys play in enough baseball games - they can have a career day. Doesn't mean they become fantasy relevant in every instance. Granted he's off to a good start this year, but you've got to acknowledge that he won't likely sustain it.
[/quote]Well something needed to smack some sense into you. Thing is, guys play in enough baseball games - they can have a career day. Doesn't mean they become fantasy relevant in every instance. Granted he's off to a good start this year, but you've got to acknowledge that he won't likely sustain it.[/quote]
I disagree, I think he's as likely to sustain it as any other guy who's come on this year. I seriously think that if he can get consistent PT, he's gonna get 20/20 with a BA around .275. Michael Cuddyer numbers with more SBs.
Well something needed to smack some sense into you. Thing is, guys play in enough baseball games - they can have a career day. Doesn't mean they become fantasy relevant in every instance. Granted he's off to a good start this year, but you've got to acknowledge that he won't likely sustain it.
I disagree, I think he's as likely to sustain it as any other guy who's come on this year. I seriously think that if he can get consistent PT, he's gonna get 20/20 with a BA around .275. Michael Cuddyer numbers with more SBs.
Well he's not on a 20/20 pace, more like 30/20, or if he actually played just about every game around 40-45 HR (9 HR in 34 games played). He's not going to sustain that, but 20 - 25 HR is probably doable.
Well something needed to smack some sense into you. Thing is, guys play in enough baseball games - they can have a career day. Doesn't mean they become fantasy relevant in every instance. Granted he's off to a good start this year, but you've got to acknowledge that he won't likely sustain it.[/quote]
I disagree, I think he's as likely to sustain it as any other guy who's come on this year. I seriously think that if he can get consistent PT, he's gonna get 20/20 with a BA around .275. Michael Cuddyer numbers with more SBs.[/quote]
How is getting 20/20 a good thing? He's already at 9/6 so getting 11 more HR's the rest of the way is werth it?
All depends on playing time. Werth can definitely hit 30 HR, but only if he gets regular AB. Citizen Bank Park should make that within reach. I don't know where is average will land, but if he can keep getting playing time he will probably put up serviceable numbers batting behind two on-base hogs in Howard and Burrell. Even if he doesn't bat at a high clip his power and speed combo is appealing.
I don't think Werth will be hitting in the two-hole alot, but then again it's Charlie Manuel managing the team.
Justblaze wrote:All depends on playing time. Werth can definitely hit 30 HR, but only if he gets regular AB. Citizen Bank Park should make that within reach. I don't know where is average will land, but if he can keep getting playing time he will probably put up serviceable numbers batting behind two on-base hogs in Howard and Burrell. Even if he doesn't bat at a high clip his power and speed combo is appealing.
I don't think Werth will be hitting in the two-hole alot, but then again it's Charlie Manuel managing the team.
I thiunk he has 30/20 potential and i'm seriously considering adding him.Especially hitting behind Rollins and in front of Howard and Utley. He'll get a fair amount of RBUI chances with rollins, tons of pitches to see with the huuge sluggers behind him, plenty of oppurtunities to steal a base with big threats at the plate, and howard and utley to knock him in for runs.
He could do something around 100 30 90 20 275 this year. Not saynig he will. But he can.
After the last 2 games, I think Werth should only be started against LHP. If your in a daily leage and have the roster room, this should give you great numbers.
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by Homoudont » Sat May 17, 2008 8:53 pm 
Check the stats going into tonight's game - in 1083 ML at-bats he's got 39 HR's and in 2500+ minor league at-bats he's hit a whooping 79. Oh, and he's 29 years old. Fact is odds are amazingly stacked against him from repeating ANYTHING like this.
Thing is, guys play in enough baseball games - they can have a career day. Doesn't mean they become fantasy relevant in every instance. Granted he's off to a good start this year, but you've got to acknowledge that he won't likely sustain it.
