Hey guys... I need some help. Volquez on the DL again. Who should I grap out of these options; Jason Marquis, Joe Blanton, JA Happ, Trevor Cahill, Jeremy Sowers, Carl Pavano or Clayton Richard. I know it's a long list, but give me your best advice.
12 team 5x5 Roto; Mixed, Non-Keeper League. 22 Positions. 3 FA pick-ups per month; limited trades.
C Martin, Russell C LA C Navarro, Dioner C TB 1B Delgado, Carlos 1B NYM (DL) 1B Kendry Morales ANA 2B Fontenot, Mike 2B CHC 3B Longoria, Evan 3B TB SS Jeter, Derek SS NYY OF Sizemore, Grady CF CLE OF Hart, Corey C. RF MIL OF Ibanez, Raul LF PHI OF Span, Denard RF MIN OF Swisher, Nick OF NYY UT Branyan, Russle 1B Sea CI Kouzmanoff, Kevin 3B SD MI Guzman, Christian SS Was SP Webb, Brandon SP ARI (DL) SP Volquez, Edinson SP CIN (DL) SP Myers, Brett SP PHI (DL) SP Danks, John SP CHW SP Jackson, Edwin SP DET SP Saunders, Joe SP ANA SP Porcello, Rick DET SP Burhle, Mark CHW RP Rivera, Mariano RP NYY RP Francisco, Frank RP TEX
Personally, Marquis is due to implode. Richard needs to be solid against tougher competition. His recent good starts were against KC and Pittsburgh (need I say more?) I'd go with JA Happ. He has the least miledge on his arm and can be useful pitching for a winning team.
Blanton is scary. (LIke Marquis), he'll give you a few gray hairs. He'd be good for a spot start or two while he's on, but since your limited in your moves. I'd be concerned about Trevor. He's pitching well also as of late but he's already at 40 IP and never thrown more than 125 INN in any level. So with him it will be a constant monitoring. At best, if he averaged 6 IP/S and went right at his max before being shut down, he might give you three months of starts (14 Starts max), and that's saying he pitches 6 innings each time out. I think JA has built his arm strength and durability outta the pen. With Myers probably done for the year he'll remain in the Philly rotation for the forseeable future. The Bastard was called up and if he pitches well he'll stick as well.
One goes down, get his replacement. How many moves have you made? I might consider using move #2 and grabbing Cahill and using him til you can't no more. I doubt you have all those DL spots to begin with. Save one for a solid utility player pickup later if you have any more injuries or if Hanson is available stash him away.
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