It's a 6x6 Roto league. (Wins, Saves, Holds, Ks, ERA, WHIP). We keep eight players. I like to keep three pitchers. I'm keeping Kazmir and Joba. The choices for the last spot are Danks, Verlander, and Broxton. What do you think? Which one should I keep?
Honestly, I'd keep Broxton, because I think he's the only one you won't be able to get back for a decent price. Verlander wouldn't be a terrible choice, but I think Broxton is a better call personally
WaCougMBS wrote:Honestly, I'd keep Broxton, because I think he's the only one you won't be able to get back for a decent price. Verlander wouldn't be a terrible choice, but I think Broxton is a better call personally
WaCougMBS wrote:Honestly, I'd keep Broxton, because I think he's the only one you won't be able to get back for a decent price. Verlander wouldn't be a terrible choice, but I think Broxton is a better call personally
Obviously Broxton is a tremendous talent and should be good for great numbers but do you really think it's better to keep a (possibly, key word possibly, elite) closer over a young starter?
Keeping starters is scary because of how inconsistent they can be. I would rather keep hitters (or even RP) before a starting pitcher that is such a question mark like the two guys in discussion.
I guess I have a concern - what if Joba doesn't start? Or more likely, starts for part of the year and sets up for the remainder, to keep his innings down? Now, I'd definitely keep Joba, his upside is great, but does that change how you feel about keeping a closer in that last spot? If you're going to keep 3 pitchers out of 8 keepers, I think you want to be pretty sure 2 of them will give you 30 starts each.
After the 8 rounds of keepers, you could still draft Broxton back, and would likely have Jenks, Marmol, Valverde, Ryan, Fuentes, Wood, and Cordero to choose from as well, all 30 saves guys.
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That's why I thought the question was really Danks or Verlander. Broxton was more of an afterthought. Danks and Verlander should both give 30 starts, neither has ever really had arm troubles to this point, and their stats and ages are pretty similar. Verlander should strike out more but to this point it hasn't happened.
As for Joba, since our league uses holds, I don't think I lose out if he gets dumped in the bullpen for a period of the season. I understand that it's fairly easy to find holds on the waiver wire but Joba gives much more than just one category.
And as for whether it's better to keep a 6th bat rather than a questionable pitcher, my probable 6th bat would be Ibanez. (My other 5 keepers are Howard, M. Cabrera, Reyes, Dunn--we use OBP--and Victorino). I like Ibanez and I think he's in a good situation but he's undervalued and should be available a couple of rounds into the draft.
verlandr should win 18 agian in 2009, a god offensive team like the Tigers wont let him down on to many nights. I also like Danks potential and see him winning 17 plus aswell, its really a tough call. myslf I'd go with Verlander.
OK, so you also have Ibanez. So it comes down to, in an 8 team keeper league, pick one out of
Ibanez Verlander Danks, or Broxton?
Hmmm. I've always had a personal thing against Ibanez (not sure why), but you can't deny his numbers, and now he plays in Philadelphia, nice lineup, nice hitter's ballpark, probably hits 6th. He's been consistent, but he's 36, and it's a keeper league.
I still like keeping the starter. This may come down to spring training, to see if Verlander has his velocity back. I do like that Danks is a lefty and only 23.
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by Aikoprod » Sun Feb 08, 2009 3:09 am 
