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Postby FantasyStud » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:16 pm

Hey all,

Someone dropped Chien-Ming Wang, and while he's obviously struggled mightily this year, he's still a very good pitcher. I was just wondering:
(a) Should I add Wang and keep him on my bench until he puts it back together? (If so, who should I drop?)
(b) How is my team overall, and are there any moves I should make?

I am in 8/10 place in a 10 team Keeper League, 5x5 stats. Ideally, I'd probably like to add another closer and maybe improve at 3B from Sandoval/Reynolds.

C-Bengie Molina
1B-Ryan Howard
2B-Dan Uggla
SS-Jose Reyes
3B-Pablo Sandoval (1B/3B eligible)
OF-Magglio Ordonez
OF-Curtis Granderson
OF-Jacoby Ellsbury
OF-Johnny Damon
OF-Andre Eithier
UTL-Miguel Cabrera (only 1B eligible)
UTL-Mark Reynolds (3b eligible)
DL-Alex Gordon

P-CC Sabathia
P-Ryan Dempster
P-Justin Verlander
P-Gil Meche
P-Mark Buehrle
P-Andy Sonnanstine
P-Wandy Rodriguez
P-Francisco Rodriguez
P-Joakim Soria
BN-Armando Galarraga (recently added)
BN-Randy Wolf
DL-John Lackey

Prospect-Carlos Carasco
Prospect-David Price
Prospect-Matt Wieters
Prospect-Dexter Fowler
Prospect-Brett Anderson
Prospect-Pedro Alvarez

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Re: Add Chien-Ming Wang? How's my team? WHIR PROMISE!

Postby jackie hayes » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:32 pm

No, I'd stick with the guys you have. Wang is okay for wins when he's right, but he's only acceptable in era and whip, and a huge liability in strikeouts. I'm not sure he'll get right (he's been so awful, you have to wonder if something more is wrong), and even then he's only okay. (And that's h2h -- in roto, I don't get near him because of the lack of punchouts.) Not worth dropping anyone you have.
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Postby schmidty » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:10 am

No, I'd stay away from Wang. As mentioned, even at his best he's not a great fantasy SP. And in a 10-team league, you can afford to pass on him.

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Postby vykeengfan » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:47 am

pass on wang. he's not going to help you.
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Postby baseballfreak3135 » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:51 am

Pass. I traded Span for Wang and a draft pick during my draft. Poor choice, obviously, but I was running into Parent/Teacher conferences at the time. Wang has quite literally had the worst start any starter has in years. If he starts pitching better, then go for it, but right now he's nuthin'.

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Postby smoovethug » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:51 am

Stick with what you have.
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Re: Add Chien-Ming Wang? How's my team? WHIR PROMISE!

Postby Padres Fan » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:53 am

I would definately pass, and from the looks the new Yankees stadium isn't exactly a pitchers haven (but it could be that even with 200 million plus in payrole, they still suck). I never liked Wangs other numbers and I think the wins were just lucky.

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