Is now too early to pick up Carpenter?

[NittanyLions1]

14-team head-to-head POINTS league (no categories). We start 14 Pitchers and the pickings are starting to thin out. Still 14 picks to go until I am up but I am going to start gambling on some pitchers as I think my hitting is very solid. My next pick is #205. Carpenter has an ADP of 170 on cbssporstline but I was wondering is now too early to take a chance on him? Granted they may not be available when it gets to me but what pitchers below would you take over him? THANKS

TOP PITCHERS AVAILABLE: Carpenter, Qualls, Francisco, ASanchez, JOSanchez, WRodriguez, AReyes, Kuroda, Wolf, Marshall, Bonderman, Uehara, Penny, Bush, RJohnson, Smoltz, Bell, Capps, AMiller, Galaragga, Wellemeyer, Lyon, EJackson, Pettite, Kawakami, Sonnanstine, Guthrie, Olsen, Lannan, Duchscherer, Hanrahan, Sonnanstine, CPerez, etc.


MY TEAM SO FAR
C - Martin
1B - Cabrera (keeper)
2B - Kinsler (keeper)
SS - HRamirez (keeper)
3B - Gordon
OF - Hamilton (keeper)
OF - Kemp
OF - Hart
OF -
DH - AGonzalez
U -
U -
P (Start 14) - Gallardo, Kershaw, Slowey, Parra, Fuentes
BENCH (8 hitters)
Minors (2 hitters or pitchers)
DL (4 spots)

[Tenacious D-Store]

Carpenter should only be drafted in the final rounds as a back up to Chris Perez if you drafted him and you're light on closers (for the record I don't really think Carp will ever get the closing job). He has little to no fantasy value.

[eric31216]

i would take matt capps / heath bell over carpenter


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[Dan Charette]

I think I would take a closer next. Bell or Capps. As far as starting pitchers , I would much rather have Randy Johnson than Carpenter. Maybe Carpenter a little later in the draft.

[CadensDad]

Carpenter should only be drafted in the final rounds as a back up to Chris Perez if you drafted him and you're light on closers (for the record I don't really think Carp will ever get the closing job). He has little to no fantasy value.

I don't think Carp is trying to become a closer

[NittanyLions1]

At this point they are looking to start him. He just threw 30 pitches from a mound and said he felt good but his location was off a bit.

The more I think about it, the more I lean towards grabbing one of the closers such as Qualls, Francisco, Lyon, or Bell. I think with my hitting, all I need is some solid points from my pitchers. Closers tend to put up consistent points each week so... Why try for a home run when there are fairly steady options there right? Maybe if he falls a little more, then we will see...

[Tenacious D-Store]

Carpenter should only be drafted in the final rounds as a back up to Chris Perez if you drafted him and you're light on closers (for the record I don't really think Carp will ever get the closing job). He has little to no fantasy value.

I don't think Carp is trying to become a closer

I agree he would rather start, but the Cards are considering him as a closer.